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> MEDICAL EDUCATION PRIZE ... Bolsonaro, Johnson, Modi, Trump, Putin, et al. for using the Covid-19 viral pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have
by spodek 6y ago
> MEDICAL EDUCATION PRIZE ... Bolsonaro, Johnson, Modi, Trump, Putin, et al. for using the Covid-19 viral pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can.
We shouldn't consider this result news nor funny. The pattern has been happening with the environment for decades.
I suggest we should use it as motivation for scientists and doctors to learn leadership skills, recognizing that humans don't just respond to facts and figures. Like it or not, we respond to stories, images, community, personality, and so on. We aren't likely going to lead Trump to learn science so if we want science in our leadership, we'll have to take the initiative.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoThe pandemic is pretty big news. The environment is not an immediate effect.
- spodek 6y ago> The environment is not an immediate effect. Every Day 10,000 People Die Due To Air Pollution From Fossil Fuels: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2020/03/10/every-day-10000-people-die-due-to-air-pollution-from-fossil-fuels/#37962a102b6a https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2020/03/10/every-da... WHO reveals 7 million die from pollution each year in latest global air quality figures: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/estimates-7-million-die-pollution-year-reveals-latest-global https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people...