Read the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Climate Change and Infectious Diseases Article.
Now, do some research and determine which of the diseases listed in the above CDC article is an emerging disease in the geographic area you live in (e.g., Los Angeles County, Orange County, Southern California, etc.).
After reading the CDC Climate Change and Infectious Diseases article and researching the incidence of an emerging disease in your community, write a paragraph, minimum of 100 words, in which you address all of the following bullet points:
How can climate change contribute to the incidence of emerging diseases?
How is climate change having an impact on a particular emerging disease in the area you live? In your answer, include the region you live in, a specific emerging disease in the region you live in, and how specifically climate change may have contributed to the incidence of this particular emerging disease. The emerging disease you choose to discuss should be based on your research from Step 1.
What are some steps you personally can take to prevent contracting the emerging disease you discussed in the previous bullet point?
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