Commonsense preparedness for uncommon adversities: Lessons from facing covid-19 in mexico, from a human ecology perspective

Abstract

In 2020, while living through unprecedented health outcomes from the COVID-19 epidemic in Mexico, a human ecology perspective provides us with an unconventional way to analyze the role of the mediate effects of Mexican nutritional impacts and their prevalence in COVID-19-related mortality. According to official data, by the end of September 2020, mortality by COVID-19 surpassed 76,000 confirmed deaths across Mexico; by August 2020, COVID-19 mortality was lower in the center of the country where hospital infrastructure and human resources such as specialized health personnel are concentrated. This regional difference corresponds to the serious socioeconomic inequality characteristic of Mexican society, where southeastern states are poorer. A human ecology perspective allows us to identify and discuss similarities and discrepancies between the prevalence of obesity distribution and COVID-19 lethality across Mexico, and ultimately to provide our thoughts on the preparedness of Mexican society, with epidemiological evidence and a preventive, transdisciplinary scope.