Selected article for: "air pollution and economic activity reduce"

Author: Gregor Singer; Joshua Graff Zivin; Matthew Neidell; Nicholas Sanders
Title: Air Pollution Increases Influenza Hospitalizations
  • Document date: 2020_4_10
  • ID: kbv9kh6z_12
    Snippet: If our results generalize to other respiratory viral infections, they will significantly understate the infectiousdisease related benefits from environmental protection (51). They may also provide important insights for the ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic (52). Social distancing and large scale reductions in economic activity aimed at reducing viral spread have also reduced air pollution (53), which may be helping reduce the impacts o.....
    Document: If our results generalize to other respiratory viral infections, they will significantly understate the infectiousdisease related benefits from environmental protection (51). They may also provide important insights for the ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic (52). Social distancing and large scale reductions in economic activity aimed at reducing viral spread have also reduced air pollution (53), which may be helping reduce the impacts of the disease. As countries relax restrictions and economic activity resumes, they may choose to reduce environmental regulations in exchange for a more rapid return to economic growth: the U.S. EPA recently announced plans to suspend enforcement of environmental laws during the pandemic (54). Our results suggest there could be additional disease-related social costs to consider when worsening air quality during the economic recovery.

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