Sir Chris Whitty talking about health after earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis

We don't have those effects each day or not even each week or each year, depending of where you and me are living, but major geophysical events such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes can occur with little or no warning and have catastrophic effects even in the zone were we live or we are in that moment.

This lecture recorded by Sir Chris Whitty on 20th February 2024 for the Gresham colllege at Barnard's Inn Hall, London, considers the health impacts of these natural disasters and how best to minimise them. Chris Whitty was Gresham Professor of Physic at Gresham College from 2018 to 2022, and Visiting Professor of Public Health 2015-2018 and again since 2022, and in the moment of recording he was is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England and the UK Government's Chief Medical Adviser.

Trauma often dominates the first days after the initial event but predicting the medium-term effects such as infectious diseases can head off predictable secondary health disasters over the medium and long term, so wherever you are or wherever you are going take care.