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I disagree that without climate change brought on by human activity, many of the viruses that have caused pandemics in the last 100 years would not have affected humans, because human activity is not the only factor in causing these viral pandemics.

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I disagree that without climate change brought on by human activity, many of the viruses that have caused pandemics in the last 100 years would not have affected humans, because human activity is not the only factor in causing these viral pandemics.

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other factors that affect viruses

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there is not enough science to support this idea.

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There are more environmental details that are involved in climate change outside of human activities.

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I disagree. The increased urbanization and population densities has played a much larger role in animal to human transfer and spread of disease. These outbreaks would have happened regardless of the temperature, especially since summer periods reduce disease traffic.

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I disagree. The increased urbanization and population densities has played a much larger role in animal to human transfer and spread of disease. These outbreaks would have happened regardless of the temperature, especially since summer periods reduce disease traffic.

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I disagree with this statement. Weather/climate is not what causes these illness to take hold in humans. It is our biological makeup. Many of these illnesses were transmitted to humans by animals so 

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"The world is rife with viruses; at least 320,000 kinds are known to infect mammals alone. And these pathogens rarely stick within one species."

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I disagree with this central statement. I believe that these viruses would eventually still affect humans, but at a much slower rate. Climate change and the negative impacts to our earth such as loss of habitat causing humans and animals to live in closer quarters, plays a role in speeding up infection rate, but it is not solely responsible.

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Some argue that climate change is a natural progression of the earth systems, so it would happen regardless of human interaction. 

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Some argue that climate change is a natural progression of the earth systems, so it would happen regardless of human interaction. 

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Viruses and Climate change are natural processes that help control over population.

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A lot of the issues with pandemics are caused by human population density. If people did not live on top of each other, viruses would not have as much fertile ground to spread

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There are most likely a niche for different contagions across the temperate changes.  Regardless of the influence of man.

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I disagree. I think that the pandemics are more likely a direct result of expansion and development. Climate change is a byproduct of human development.

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Climate change does not stop the evolution of pathogens. All species aside from algae, have experienced a die off on Earth. Pathogens seem to be the way humans are going to experience thier check and balance in our Biome.

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Viruses are very adaptable and will change with their surrounds, climate change or not.

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Earth is resilient!

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Viruses develop within whatever context is handed to them. The virus is the product of its own time and space

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Climate change is a natural process in the history of the Earth - the geologic record shows evidence of intense temperature fluctuations from ice ages to times of intense heat. The motion within the earth contributes to this and we do not control that.

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manipulations of viruses plays a larger role with mutation than changes in climate.

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Viruses are going to evolve despite the temperature. This is more than a simple one cause and one effect scenario

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Viruses are going to evolve despite the temperature. This is more than a simple one cause and one effect scenario

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I disagree with the passage above, we haven't been collecting enought data to support this claim. We have a little over a 100 years worth of data, thats tiny when you think of the Geological Time Scale.

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I disagree with this statement. I believe that many of these viruses would have found a way to cross over to infecting humans or another animal from where they started.

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we don't know if this is just a cycle of the earth. also we don't know if these diseases wouldn't have come back on their own anyway.

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diseases capable of pandemics will be present with or without climate change. the opportunity for the spread of diseases is not dependent on any one factor. climate change is just one factor, but not a determining factor.

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Climate change is one of the many factors that contribute to a pandemic. Therefore, it will be unfair to pin a pandemic to only this particular factor,

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Climate change is one of the many factors that contribute to a pandemic. Therefore, it will be unfair to pin a pandemic to only this particular factor,

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I do not agree.  While climate change may play a part in the severity of viral outbreaks and recent pandemics, I think that an increase in population density plays a greater role in the prevalence and severity of viral outbreaks.  If you look at Covid-19 hotspots in the US, they tend to be in areas with a very high population density.  Viruses must have a host to infect, and with more people available to infect, viral outbreaks are more common and more severe.

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I do not agree because climate change has been very stochastic in the past and this does not have an effect on virus multiplication. Most viruses are zoonotic.

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I do not agree because climate change has been very stochastic in the past and this does not have an effect on virus multiplication. Most viruses are zoonotic.

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It is not the only factor to consider. The information did focus heavily on the ways that climate change is at fault. It also heavily looks at human activity.

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Viruses thrive in environments whether climate change is happening or not.

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I disagree with the statement because of the mutation rate of viruses that affect mammals. Climate change affects the exposure of some ancient viruses, but it does not take into account to vector of infection as well as the mutation rate.

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We can not use the word not in the statement, viruses are constantly evolving and changing. It is hard to conclusively state that they would not happen without climate change.

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There are not enough studies that prove that climate change has a direct connection with pandemics. It can affect the response to the pandemic but it is not a proven cause.

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Climate change is not the only thing that contributes to pandemics that affect humans. 

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Climate change is not the only thing that contributes to pandemics that affect humans. 

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climate is not the only factor

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The temperature of the globe affects some viruses that thrive in hot humidity (i.e. malaria), but it has not had an impact on every virus in the last 100 years.

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The small temperature fluctuations with climate change. The mutations that hop the viruses from animals to humans are pretty irrelevant of climate change.

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 Climate change is not the only reason. Intrusion of humans into animals’ habitat is another one, domestication of wild animals, hunting/killing to gain a food source.  

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 Climate change is not the only reason. Intrusion of humans into animals’ habitat is another one, domestication of wild animals, hunting/killing to gain a food source.  

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Viruses, such as COVID-19, was formed in an animal, and it was not impacted by environmental factors.

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Viruses will take a toll on humans with or without the help of climate change.

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I disagree with this statement. Weather/climate is not what causes these illness to take hold in humans. It is our biological makeup. Many of these illnesses were transmitted to humans by animals so claiming that we would not have been affected at all were it not for climate change is simply incorrect. That being said, I absolutely believe that climate change HAS had an effect on the spread of the illness because climate is linked to poverty and poverty is strongly linked to the spread of illness.