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Over just a few days. In comparison, BC has had 1,754 Covid related deaths. Cilmate change is going to cause many orders of magnitude more misery and death.

xwdv 5y ago
And yet many magnitudes less concern it seems.
mrfusion 5y ago
This says 18 deaths in all of Canada for June 30th. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/canada/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/canada/ Edit: I misunderstood the parent comment.
- JasonFruit 5y ago
  I think they meant, "in all", not just the last two days
- monkeybutton 5y ago
  The number of covid deaths I listed is the total to til now in BC. From the beginning.
  - mrfusion 5y ago
    Ah I misread your comment.
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- goatsi 5y ago
  That's the total number of Covid deaths during the entire pandemic. I assume they were making a point about priorities. However the low number of deaths was the result of strict lockdowns and regulations.
  - JasonFruit 5y ago
    You mean, of course, "The low number of deaths accompanied strict lockdowns and regulations."
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dillondoyle 5y ago
I was going to comment the same thing. the non-obvious excess mortality from air pollution, extreme weather, cold & heat, add on effects of flooding, fire, draught etc are far worse. But just as with covid, even when ones family starts getting sick there is still a significant chunk of people who just don't care or maybe psychologically their brains react and go into crazy mode. What scares me most is how little we are doing and how little power it feels I have. IDK maybe start a constitutional amendment drive in liberal states for a binding green bill of rights and regulated emissions + capture. Focused only on climate not a liberal social dream. I find it hard not to dive deep into /r/collapse type rabbit holes (which btw that sub is only like 10% good, 90% crazy people planning their bug out but they can't even run a mile lol). I have been thinking lately of changing my few years housing goal. Wanted to get a stand alone house and rent my condo. But lately have been looking online at high elevation property in the mountains. would try to be totally self sufficient. But I think growing enough food to live up there long-term would be really tough (colorado).
- nixpulvis 5y ago
  Careful of fires.

xwdv 5y ago

And yet many magnitudes less concern it seems.

mrfusion 5y ago

This says 18 deaths in all of Canada for June 30th. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/canada/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/canada/ Edit: I misunderstood the parent comment.

JasonFruit 5y ago
I think they meant, "in all", not just the last two days
monkeybutton 5y ago
The number of covid deaths I listed is the total to til now in BC. From the beginning.
- mrfusion 5y ago
  Ah I misread your comment.
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goatsi 5y ago
That's the total number of Covid deaths during the entire pandemic. I assume they were making a point about priorities. However the low number of deaths was the result of strict lockdowns and regulations.
- JasonFruit 5y ago
  You mean, of course, "The low number of deaths accompanied strict lockdowns and regulations."
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dillondoyle 5y ago

I was going to comment the same thing. the non-obvious excess mortality from air pollution, extreme weather, cold & heat, add on effects of flooding, fire, draught etc are far worse. But just as with covid, even when ones family starts getting sick there is still a significant chunk of people who just don't care or maybe psychologically their brains react and go into crazy mode. What scares me most is how little we are doing and how little power it feels I have. IDK maybe start a constitutional amendment drive in liberal states for a binding green bill of rights and regulated emissions + capture. Focused only on climate not a liberal social dream. I find it hard not to dive deep into /r/collapse type rabbit holes (which btw that sub is only like 10% good, 90% crazy people planning their bug out but they can't even run a mile lol). I have been thinking lately of changing my few years housing goal. Wanted to get a stand alone house and rent my condo. But lately have been looking online at high elevation property in the mountains. would try to be totally self sufficient. But I think growing enough food to live up there long-term would be really tough (colorado).

nixpulvis 5y ago
Careful of fires.