Environment & Ecology · Climate Change and Public Health
Consider the following statements: Statement I: Climate change–induced alterations in temperature and precipitation regimes can recalibrate vector ecology, thereby extending the epidemiological footprint of diseases beyond their historical endemic zones while also intensifying particulate-matter–mediated morbidity. Statement II: The health externalities of climate change remain largely circumscribed to environmental degradation and do not materially distort epidemiological transitions or impose systemic burdens on public health infrastructure. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
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- 1Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct.
- 2Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.✓
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are correct, but Statement II is not the correct explanation for Statement I.
- 4Both Statement I and Statement II are correct, and Statement II is the correct explanation for Statement I.
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Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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