article_snippet.sent: Infectious diseases, such as Ebola and West Nile virus, will rapidly spread to new areas as a result of global warming.
article_snippet.sent: This is according to zoologist, Professor Daniel Brooks, who warns humans can expect to face new illnesses as climate change brings crops, livestock, and humans into contact with pathogens.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Brooks says it will be 'the death of a thousand cuts' with society unable to keep up with the speed of disease as it spreads around the world. '
article_snippet.sent: It's not that there's going to be one "Andromeda Strain" that will wipe everybody out on the planet,' Professor Brooks said, referring to the 1971 science fiction film about a deadly pathogen. '
article_snippet.sent: There are going to be a lot of localised outbreaks that put a lot of pressure on our medical and veterinary health systems.'
article_snippet.sent: However the latest study claims that the worst-case scenario is unlikely to take place .