INFECTIOUS DISEASE METABOLIC PARASITISM v1.1 EFU 600.45

ABSTRACT This paper presents EFU 600.45 – Infectious Disease Metabolic Parasitism, a research-stage analytical module within the Human Flux Unit (EFU) framework. The work does not address infectious diseases as clinical or biomedical phenomena, but examines pandemics through a systemic–metabolic lens, focusing on how material flows, institutional structures, and economic incentives shape societal responses to large-scale health crises. The central proposition is that while infectious diseases themselves are natural ecological events, parasitic dynamics can emerge at the level of human system responses—specifically through ecological disruption increasing zoonotic risk, chronic underinvestment in prevention and care capacity, and profit-driven crisis management mechanisms. Using EFU-based audits, the study integrates ecological, healthcare, economic, and informational dimensions into a single comparative framework, allowing the impacts of pandemics to be assessed in terms of human-scale material and organizational flux. This document represents the current state of an ongoing research program, not a finalized policy instrument, medical guideline, or licensing scheme. It is intended as an open analytical contribution and explicitly invites interdisciplinary critique, empirical refinement, and collaborative development from researchers, practitioners, and institutions across relevant fields. The research and its presentation were developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools, used as cognitive support for structuring, synthesis, and language refinement, while all conceptual claims and integrative judgments remain the responsibility of the author.