Disease diplomacy and International Commerce are the origens of International Sanitary Regulations in the nineteenth century Harrison,2005) . European Nations in collaboration with other nations were responsible for starting a diplomatic process that culminated in the International Sanitary Conference which gave rise to the first laws on infection control and disease modification .While commercial pressures were the main stimuli on the reform of quarantine these were insufficient in themselves to explain why most European Nations came to see greater cooperation as desirable . The norm life cycle from Finnemore and Sikkink provides stages 1,2, and 3 which form rules for implementing International and Global Health Security Stage 3 is the stage in which we find ourselves with regards to the Covid 19 contamination . In this stage of the Finnemore model Law , Bureaucracy and Professions are the actors and Society builds capacity and conformity with new behaviors as well as adaption It is important to note that through the ages Governments and Rulers have been forced to consider the best ways of protecting their populations from disease ( Davis : Scott : and Rushton 2020) . It is also important to note that threats to health have never respected human imposed borders which is why behavior modification is the best approach to implement safety and security in health attainment . Strategies employed are varied and some will be discoed here today. The first of course is behavior modification , behavior modification are all the things that people do to ward of illness .For example if you suffer from Asthma this would include such things as taking your medication , or dusting ,or wearing appropriate attire for the appropriate weather . This is behavior and all the things that people do to ward of illness says alot about you . Another behavior that says alot about you is Hellenistic view of diseases . Hellanistic views of disease are behavior that stem from Ancient Greek Medicine these behavior include Spiritual distress , Superstition and inappropriate responses to behavior modification , such as believing that disease or infection is a punishment from god . In the case of Covid 19 Hellaniistic views would include desiring the uncrowing of Queen Elizabeth because you believe that she is the cause of Corona virus which is very funny but not far fetched . So what is behavior modification with regards to Covid 19 ? . It is behavior expected in response to a respiratory virus that has the potential of making you very ill very fast. Some of these behavior which should be newly adapted are norm change readiness , compliance with recommended levels of protection , knowledge attainment , and capacity building . Noncombatant Immunity is the desired behavior until vaccine are implemented .
Davis , F.S : Rushton , S and Scott ,A.K(2020) Disease Diplomacy . International Norms and Global Health Security John Hopkins University .
Harrison , M (2005) Disease , diplomacy and International Sanitary Regulations in the Nineteenth Century . Journal of Global History vol 1 Issue 2
