Societal shifts significantly affect the process of spreading infections, and my community is no exception to the rule. The emergence of new threats related to infections causing diseases correlates with the outcomes for people, and the results of their treatment are affected as well. Therefore, the recent events contributed to the problems, and their consideration allows revealing the interrelation between health issues and society.
The first change is connected to the spread of COVID-19, and it is reflected by the cancellation of nonessential services for the benefit of patients with coronavirus infection. This situation is not advantageous for the population since their immune reaction becomes weaker as a result of other untreated conditions (Davis, 2021). The second community-based shift is hospitalizations of older people with COVID-19, which, in turn, results in C-difficile since it is typical for a stay in long-term care facilities (Lee, 2020). This circumstance is also not beneficial to the citizens’ health as it complicates the process of rendering medical services.
The right conditions for the emergence of health issues caused by viruses and bacteria are the unpreparedness of a person’s body to such complications and germs’ transmission. The reason why some people get the infections, which seem not to harm others, is in the difference in the responses of their immune systems. When it is strong, one is unlikely to become sick with various diseases.
To summarize, the potential danger for human health comes from infections spreading through their interaction and other circumstances. In the case of COVID-19, the principal factor was people’s susceptibility to this type of virus because of other problems, and it served as the ground for the emergence of another condition, C-difficile. Thus, all conditions are interrelated, and the only difference between their outcomes is the specificities of people’s immune systems.
References
Davis, C. P. (2021). COVID-19 (coronavirus, 2019-nCoV). MedicineNet. Web.
Lee, D. (2020). C. diff (C. difficile Colitis). MedicineNet. Web.