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  2. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment - Wikipedia

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    Chaos and the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic made a catastrophic future seem less remote and action to prevent it more necessary and reasonable. However, it also had the opposite effect by putting the focus on more immediate issues of the pandemic rather than larger global issues, such as climate change and deforestation. [232]

  3. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on other health issues

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    The health consequences of SUDs (for example, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, type 2 diabetes, immunosuppression and central nervous system depression, and psychiatric disorders), and the associated environmental challenges (such as housing instability, unemployment, and criminal justice involvement), are associated with an ...

  4. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    As of 2023, the COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‑2). Its effect has been broad, affecting general society, the global economy, culture, ecology, politics, and other areas.

  5. Human rights issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    The public health measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic effectively contained and reduced the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a global scale between the years 2020–2023, [1] and had several other positive effects on the natural environment of planet Earth and human societies as well, [1] [2] [3] including improved air quality and ...

  6. United Nations response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    On 21 April, he pledged the UN's continued support to the Alliance of Small Island States on climate change and the socioeconomic effects of COVID-19. [26] 22 April: On International Mother Earth Day, the UN Secretary flags the COVID-19 pandemic as "an unprecedented wake-up call" and offers six ways to help the climate. [27]

  7. Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    One study found that psychiatrists faced some barriers using telemedicine such as lack of non-verbal clues, access to internet issues, and environmental distraction. However, the overall transition to telemedicine was positive and successful, even though many patients and providers still prefer in-person interaction.

  8. Disposable masks can take up to 450 years to decompose ... - AOL

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    Just a single face mask, according to a study in Environmental Advances, can release as many as 173,000 microfibers per day into the seas. And a recent National Geographic report cites a far ...

  9. Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    Due to a lack of pre-COVID comparative data and non-representative sampling, few researchers were able to clearly identify changes in mental health caused by the COVID-19 environment. However, a study in Belgium compared the registration of mental health problems in primary care during and before the pandemic.