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Watch the TED Talk "The Link Between Climate Change, Health, and Poverty" (Cheryl Holder). ***Note that this TED talk is based on a physician's experience practicing medicine in the US. I typically try to find resources for this course that look at issues in other countries, but her talk is engaging and the issues she discusses are easily applied to this course/beyond the borders of our country.
8. What was Ms. Sandra Faye Twiggs diagnosed with? a. HIV/AIDS b. Poverty COPD d. Diabetes Heart disease C. e. 9. How did her health ultimately impact her productivity? (Max 3 sentences.) a. 10. What is climate gentrification? a. As the global climate changes, each generation will experience greater effects on health, such as allergy seasons starting earlier, nighttime temperatures rising, and mosquitoes increasing in areas they didn't exist before. b. When richer people move into luxury apartments that leave a bigger environmental footprint, thus resulting in greater climate change C. When richer people move into higher elevation neighborhoods less impacted by climate change, thus displacing poorer residents d. When poorer people move into higher elevation neighborhoods less impacted by climate change, allowing richer residents to find housing in nicer neighborhoods 11. What is the new epidemic that she is observing? a. HIV/AIDS b. Climate change C. Poverty d. COPD