Human-Environment-Health and Reinforcement of Individual Resilience

8 Pages Posted: 22 Apr 2020 Last revised: 23 Apr 2020

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Didier Sornette

Risks-X, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech); Swiss Finance Institute

Peter Cauwels

ETH Zürich; Director Quaerens CommV

Euan Mearns

Academic Guest at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich

Ke Wu

Southern University of Science and Technology

Date Written: April 17, 2020

Abstract

The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is stressing the world population, health care system and economies at a level not experienced since WWII or the last “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918. This shock provides a real-life test of the resilience of human societies, challenging our understanding and level of preparation. We suggest that a decay of global individual health resilience, due to cumulative multi-factor pollutions and modern ways of life, has made the whole population strongly susceptible to the COVID 19 pandemic. To ensure future resilient societies, we propose to prioritize economic development fostering depollution of the ecosystem and of individuals, and training individual responsibility.

Keywords: COVID-19, resilience, system, pollution, individual responsibility, social digital technologies

JEL Classification: I12, I18, I30, M14, Q50

Suggested Citation

Sornette, Didier and Cauwels, Peter and Mearns, Euan and Wu, Ke, Human-Environment-Health and Reinforcement of Individual Resilience (April 17, 2020). Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 20-23, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3580740 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3580740

Didier Sornette (Contact Author)

Risks-X, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) ( email )

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Peter Cauwels

ETH Zürich

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Director Quaerens CommV ( email )

Bruges
Belgium

Euan Mearns

Academic Guest at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich ( email )

ETH-Zentrum
Zurich, CH-8092
United States

Ke Wu

Southern University of Science and Technology ( email )

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Xili, Nanshan District
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055
China

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