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University leaders call for ‘Great Transition’ of society for ‘planetary health’

University leaders and advocacy organizations signed onto a document that calls for a “Great Transition” of society that will “support a more equitable and resilient post-pandemic world.”

Glenn Reynolds suggests that in response to this attack on what were once institutions of higher institutions we simply abolish 90% of our universities, but why he’s so generous escapes me.

Worse, perhaps, than the collapsing bridges and skyscrapers in our future is what we can look forward to in the medical field.

The Lancet published the “São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health” on October 6. The project is organized out of Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

“Achieving the Great Transition will require rapid and deep structural changes across most dimensions of human activity,” the declaration said. It covers sectors of society including health, secondary and higher education, business, agriculture and government.

Out of the three hundred signers, ninety were higher education organizations, according to Harvard’s Jeremy Pivor of the Chan School. He is one of the three listed authors on the Lancetarticle.

“Planetary health,” Pivor told The College Fix via email, “is a solutions-oriented, transdisciplinary field and social movement focused on analyzing and addressing the impacts of human disruptions to Earth’s natural systems on human health and all life on Earth.”

Nursing school will help its students participate in the Great Transition

The University of Minnesota’s nursing school has pledged to train its students on how they can participate in protecting planetary health.

The declaration encourages health practitioners to “[a]dvocate for patient- centered policies that advance planetary health, including public access to health services as a human right, and incorporate solutions and community services beyond the clinic.”

Medical professionals should “incorporate planetary health concepts and and values into the main curricula and professional codes of conduct for all future health practitioners.”

The Fix asked the Big Ten nursing school how it would incorporate the declaration’s goals into its program.

“All nursing schools across the nation will soon start to redesign their curriculum based on the new AACN Essentials,” Teddie Potter, a Clinical Professor and Director of Planetary Health, told The College Fix. “Addressing social determinants of health is one of the requirements and this will move us closer to the Great Transition for health care, a transition that moves toward prevention of suffering before it starts.”

Potter cited the secretion of hormones into the water supply as one example.

She said:

The Earth has natural boundaries that must not be exceeded if we are to have a livable planet for future generations. Health care is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of life but some of our current behaviors are contributing to disruption of the Earth’s natural systems. For example we prescribe medications which when excreted enter our water and can disrupt hormones and contribute to multidrug resistant organisms. In the US, the health care sector contributes to over 8% of our greenhouse gas emissions and we know that greenhouse gasses are a contributing factor to a warming planet leading to many disasters such as wildfires and droughts.

University leadership, according to Balog, wants to ensure a “health plan” through “ a multifaceted approach that crosses disciplines and traditional ways of thinking.”

So nurses selected on merit and skill will soon be a distant memory, but how competent will your doctors be after “The Great Transition”? Well, ….

Maybe, in light of the new push for and acceptance of segregation, whites and Asians can set up their own schools and hospitals? Just a suggestion, of course.