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The cardiac, pulmonary, and endocrine disease burden tied to air pollution throws a monkey wrench in that, and air pollution kills many times more people per ye
by shrimp_emoji 6y ago
The cardiac, pulmonary, and endocrine disease burden tied to air pollution throws a monkey wrench in that, and air pollution kills many times more people per year than even COVID-19 has[0][1].
Humans suck at assessing dangers soberly.
Another example: the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA in the U.S. exist solely because 3,000 people died one day. Significantly less is being done as 3,000 people now die per day.
0: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2020/03/10/every-day-10000-people-die-due-to-air-pollution-from-fossil-fuels/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2020/03/10/every-da...
1: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/03/pand-d03.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/03/pand-d03.html
- claudeganon 6y agoHumans are also quite bad at distinguishing between linear versus exponential harms. Suffering the effects of air pollution doesn’t cause your family, friends, and coworkers to be at risk of the same.