Under the Weather

When a novel coronavirus hit the wet markets of China in December 2019 the world was not prepared. The virus spread like wildfire and within a few months it had gone global. The pathophysiology of COVID-19 garners much attention in healthcare settings but illness is not limited to its biological impact—the pandemic’s effects are a mosaic of social economic political environmental and evolutionary influences. The rapid spread of COVID-19 led to major global changes that compromised economies healthcare systems and global connectivity. Written by a group of Canadian students with a passion for research and medicine Under the Weather: COVID-19 Biosocial System Dynamics takes an interdisciplinary outlook on the high transmissibility of COVID-19 and explores ways in which policy makers researchers healthcare workers epidemiologists and the general public have come together in dire times to combat the disease.