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Seems opportunistic and unrelated to the current pandemic. The author is discussing things such as food being "the biggest driver of NHS spending as a result of
by piker 7y ago
Seems opportunistic and unrelated to the current pandemic. The author is discussing things such as food being "the biggest driver of NHS spending as a result of obesity, diabetes and heart disease." And food's "unsustainable costs elsewhere". Title is borderline irresponsible at a time like this.
- Kaibeezy 7y agoCould just be timing. It's an interview tied to a book release. Presumably he's been writing it for a while, studying the issue long before that. He could have meant we were in "serious trouble" even without a pandemic. I had to talk my elderly dad down from attempting to mow the lawn for a while. A hospital overloaded with pulmonary distress that also has to deal with you cutting off a toe will put you and the virus patients at much higher risk than normal. I go multiple directions with your concern about the title. On one hand, as another comment pointed out, there's a troubling sense that it's using panic to sell clicks. On the other hand, if it's a real issue in-and-of-itself, then it's a real issue people should know about. On the gripping hand, if it helps join up two separate problems in our minds now rather than us only noticing once it is already well underway, that's got to be a plus. Climate is another one that has this quality in this moment, or at least pollution. I'm thinking about the nitrogen dioxide over China data visualizations https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22634955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22634955