The ecosyndemic framework of the global environmental change and theCOVID-19 pandemic br

The ecosyndemic theory combines the concept of'synergy'with'epidemic'and the term"eco"implies the role of theenvironmental changes. Each of the conditions enhances the negative impacts of the other in an additive way makingour society more vulnerable and heightening individual risk factors. In this study, we analyze the mutually reinforcinglinks between the environment and health from the complexity angle of the ecosyndemic theory and propose the char-acterization of the COVID-19 pandemic as ecosyndemic. We use the term'ecosyndemic'because the global environ-mental change contributes to local-scale, regional-scale and global-scale alterations of the Earth's systems. Thesechanges have their root causes in the way that people interact with the physical, chemical, and biotic factors of the en-vironment. These interactions disturb nature and the consequences have feedbacks in every living organism