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I am saying I am not sure the amount of panic was proportional to the amount of actual deaths. > At least 30.7% of deaths in India can be attributed to air pol

I am saying I am not sure the amount of panic was proportional to the amount of actual deaths. > At least 30.7% of deaths in India can be attributed to air pollution from fossil fuels--that means about 2.5 million people die every year after breathing toxic air.9 I mean who cares, all I know is how many Covid deaths they are having, probably Indian people themselves are much more aware of Covid than Air pollution. Why? Mostly because Covid is still new and pollution is old and boring.

cloverich 5y ago
Because your parents aren't dying from air pollution tomorrow, but they might from COVID. And the vaccine can stop it, and there's a race between DELTA and the vaccine for your parents lives. The story is a bit different in the US, where its more about people not wanting to take it, and an often cited reason is that the virus is going way whether or not that get vaccinated (because other people are). If that story changes, then their reasoning is no longer valid.
kube-system 5y ago
Immediacy and individual actionability are also important factors in the difference between people's reaction to those two situations. COVID can kill you within days and you can wear a mask today to do something about it. Pollution might take 20 years and if you don't emit any pollution there's a billion other people around you that will. "There's nothing I can do about it" is what many might say.