Could 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

Could 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