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On Earth Day, lessons from Covid-19 pandemic offer hope
- gigama 7y agotl;dr... "The first lesson is that our deepest well of practical hope is in science and the people who practice it," Reif writes, citing health care workers, public health experts, and the engineers and scientists working on solutions for protective equipment, ventilators, testing, contact tracing, therapeutic drugs, and possible vaccines for Covid-19. "Similarly, in the fight to slow and adapt to climate change, I believe we must actively build on this implicit respect for the power of science," he adds. "Science is also our best warning system — if we can force ourselves to listen."