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This does not apply to all viruses.

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I think that the two are linked but not warming isn't the cause of the increase.  Maybe as populations rise and people live closer the diseases spread more easily, and also as populations rise more resources are utilized that cause increases in temperature.  

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I think that the two are linked but not warming isn't the cause of the increase.  Maybe as populations rise and people live closer the diseases spread more easily, and also as populations rise more resources are utilized that cause increases in temperature.  

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no direct correlation between COVID and climate change. 

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no direct correlation between COVID and climate change. 

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“Studies have linked outbreaks of

several zoonotic diseases to extreme weather

events such as droughts and floods that are

expected to become more common as the

planet warms” (pg. 2).

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While I understand the factors that climate change may have on animals and them approaching human territory, there are way more factors that affect viral pandemics. While it may be a factor, it is not the only one and I do not think there is enough information in the article to conclude that.

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Climate change does not affect COVID-19, so not all viruses are caused by climate change.

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I think that pandemics would have happened without human activity. 

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I think that pandemics would have happened without human activity. 

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Not just climate change has affects prevalence of viruses...I believe it is more complicated with human overpopulation and encroachment into rural/areas; therefore, more interactions with different species.

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I think they still would have affected humans but perhaps to a lesser degree.  A more concerning factor may be the somewhat newfound mobility of humans.  We can travel anywhere in a matter of hours introducing a virus to places everywhere.

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I think they still would have affected humans but perhaps to a lesser degree.  A more concerning factor may be the somewhat newfound mobility of humans.  We can travel anywhere in a matter of hours introducing a virus to places everywhere.

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There appears to be no direct correlation between COVID-19 spread and variations in heat/humidity. Climate change is a secondary or tertiary increasing factor, yes, but so are a dozen other things. We cannot say that human activity has caused ALL viruses for the past 100 years.

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I disagree. Sure, climate change exacerbated the situation, but there are enough other factors that pandemics would’ve affected humans regardless.

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I disagree with the central statement above. The article stated that climate change does not directly affect the spread of viruses.

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I disagree.  How does climate change correlate to viral pandemics?
What is the effect of climate on viral behavior, and the ability to mutate?

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the increased population of humans has added to both climate changes and proximity to share the virus more readily.

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I disagree that there has been much affect over the last 100 years but do believe that if climate change continues at the current rate or increase we will definitely be seeming more and more issues with viruses, disease of all sorts, and overall lack of general health in worldwide populations. The primary reasoning for this statement is decreasing fresh (clean) water supplies and air pollution directly related to both the use of fossil fuels and also the exasperated by global warming trends.

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I disagree with the statement. The reading states that climate change acts to intensify many things (viruses included). So maybe without climate change the viruses wouldn’t have reached pandemic scale, but to say that the viruses wouldn’t have affected humans is false. They still would’ve affected humans, just not on the same scale.

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I am in middle. Climate change may worsen a pandemic or epidemic, but is not the sole reason of it.

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I do not agree with this statement. I do not feel like a slight change in climate affects the formation or spread of a virus. I feel there is not enough evidence to show that a virus is created do to a slight change in temperature in a region. Yes, Viruses to live and die in different temperatures but climate change isn’t so extreme that it would cause an entire outbreak.

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The effects of anthropogenic climate change has no correlation/causation with pandemics.

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I disagree because humans and animal interactions would occur even without climate change. Also viruses naturally mutate so eventually there could be a mutation that could cause a pandemic.

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There is no proof. The article said more then likely it would not have affected humans, but didn't have any proof. This is just a hypothesis. But there really isn't any way to prove it.

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Climate change does affect many things however it is not the cause of the pandemics. These viruses come about from Animal - Human interactions. It may have taken longer for these interactions to occur but are not the cause of the viruses.

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The more contact humans have with animals, the more likely viruses are able to evolve to infect humans. To me, it seems like the increased contact is not a result of climate change, but rather climate change and the pandemics are both results of human activity.

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The history of the world is complex, many events have occurred without clear context leading to a change in climate like ice ages and heat spikes. While there is evidence to suggest reasons, science is never so concrete.

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I feel that climate change is a factor however not the sole cause.

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I disagree, while climate change is another factor that contributes to viruses coming into contact with humans, there are so many other variables at play.  We are able to travel the globe in less than a day, we still have areas in the world that do not have sanitation procedures, we have overpopulation.  

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Climate change can make a pandemic worse, but it is usually not the root cause. Population density and interaction with livestock/animals are the leading cause of pandemics. Ironically, population density and livestock use make climate change worse....

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I think the growing human population has more to do with transmission of these viruses than climate change. More humans on the planet are causing more of them to be in contact with animals, which allows more chances for transmission.

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I agree that climate change is a small cause for these pandemics, but I do not think that it has as much affect to creating pandemics as much as the domestication of animals and unregulated open air markets is a direct cause of these pandemics.

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I disagree because the mutations between each disease does not depend on the climate. Although climate change is steadily rising, it is not enough to cause a big enough impact for transmission from person to person.

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I disagree, because many of the pandemics that have affected humans are viruses that have evolved from animal species to humans. While human activity may play a part in this transmission, climate change is not a direct cause.