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Sure. Right after covid scepticism is going well we will focus again on ignoring the science on the next major issue to save the economy

Xixi 6y ago
When western countries were hit by the first COVID-19 wave (Italy, France, New York, etc.), seeing how irresponsible people were, I nearly lost all hope to fight Global Warming. If supposedly educated people can't behave responsibly when facing imminent danger, how are they going to behave responsibly in face of a distant, somewhat more abstract threat? It's not even so much that these countries were unprepared - can't say I was expecting a pandemic like that one to happen. So I certainly didn't push, directly or indirectly, my elected representatives to prepare for one. It's the ruthless behavior of people ignoring warnings, casually carrying on as usual until it was too late. Governments had to wave the proverbial stick (read: fines) to get people to act responsibly. At least in France and, I believe, Italy. So I lost much hope: if we couldn't react in time for COVID-19, we won't react in time for Global Warming. But I like to think of myself as an optimist: maybe COVID-19 could be the warning we need to take Global Warming seriously. And then here we are. Now COVID-19 is more or less a known quantity, we know better how it spreads, how avoid it, its complications, etc. Masks and ventilators are aplenty. We found some medicines that help. We are better armed to deal with it in hospitals. So we should be better off? Nope, we are all the way at the bottom of the pit. UK. Sweden. Brazil. Texas. And then Facebook. Twitter. It's getting worse, and it's getting worse faster. We, humans, are doubling down on killing ourselves. So I'll keep wearing a mask, and traveling mostly by train/subway. But I don't have much hope.

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Sure. Right after covid scepticism is going well we will focus again on ignoring the science on the next major issue to save the economy

by hatenberg 6y ago

Xixi 6y ago
When western countries were hit by the first COVID-19 wave (Italy, France, New York, etc.), seeing how irresponsible people were, I nearly lost all hope to fight Global Warming. If supposedly educated people can't behave responsibly when facing imminent danger, how are they going to behave responsibly in face of a distant, somewhat more abstract threat? It's not even so much that these countries were unprepared - can't say I was expecting a pandemic like that one to happen. So I certainly didn't push, directly or indirectly, my elected representatives to prepare for one. It's the ruthless behavior of people ignoring warnings, casually carrying on as usual until it was too late. Governments had to wave the proverbial stick (read: fines) to get people to act responsibly. At least in France and, I believe, Italy. So I lost much hope: if we couldn't react in time for COVID-19, we won't react in time for Global Warming. But I like to think of myself as an optimist: maybe COVID-19 could be the warning we need to take Global Warming seriously. And then here we are. Now COVID-19 is more or less a known quantity, we know better how it spreads, how avoid it, its complications, etc. Masks and ventilators are aplenty. We found some medicines that help. We are better armed to deal with it in hospitals. So we should be better off? Nope, we are all the way at the bottom of the pit. UK. Sweden. Brazil. Texas. And then Facebook. Twitter. It's getting worse, and it's getting worse faster. We, humans, are doubling down on killing ourselves. So I'll keep wearing a mask, and traveling mostly by train/subway. But I don't have much hope.