People living in polluted atmosphere are vulnerable to Covid-19

Juliana Pino's most time-consuming job is to seek to expel the companies and businesses that indiscriminately discharge from the Little Village, Chicago area. Little Village - Little Village is a large Latin community located in the city of Chicago, and also located in the middle of a large industrial area.

In 2020, the work of Ms. Pino and her colleagues is a bit different: they visit the group of elderly people in the Village, raise money to buy necessities for the elderly without financial capacity, and translate information involves translating Covid-19 into Spanish for people who do not know English.

The previous work was just a bit different, because the focus that Ms. Pino focused on was still a clean atmosphere for the Village.

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The Covid-19 epidemic changed most aspects of life. And like many other catastrophes, some areas are more affected than others. Because this is a respiratory disease, people living in an area with a polluted atmosphere are at higher risk.

Severe cases of Covid-19 carry a high risk of death, and the elderly, those with a history of the disease are the most vulnerable group. But even without the epidemic, it is clear that people living in polluted air will have a higher incidence of lung disease.

During the 2003 SARS pandemic, another strain of the corona virus also doubled the death rate of people living in polluted air.Up to now, we still don't have data on how the current air quality affects epidemic areas.

There is another factor that supports the hypothesis that air pollution causes the virus to wreak havoc on people, namely that in China, Covid-19 men die more than women. It can be argued that the industrial areas - where there is a lot of smoke pollution will have a higher male rate, so a higher death rate could come out of it. If smoking poses a higher risk to people, smog pollution can do the same.

The risk of infection is present, and it is likely that infection rates (and even death rates) will be higher when the atmosphere is polluted. Whether it is industrial smoke or cigarette smoke, it is a health risk to people living in close proximity.

From a micro perspective, tobacco restriction could save both smokers and their neighbors, especially in the context of the raging Covid-19 pandemic. From a macro perspective, we see the 'old compose': limiting emissions first to reduce regional pollution, then saving the Earth's climate, right before the eyes is to limit death rates. casualties due to Covid-19.

Both are old lessons, but haven't seen many places imbue it.