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The difference is heat usually kills the weak and elderly, so no one cares
by jliptzin 4y ago
The difference is heat usually kills the weak and elderly, so no one cares
- Aachen 4y agoThis is what I'm wondering. How many years of life are really being taken by a heat wave compared to a hurricane or flooding that can also kill a 15-year-old just as easily? There's a word for this, something like disability-adjusted years of life expectancy (because living without eyesight or your legs is also annoying, and should be taken into account when comparing badness of some health-affecting issue).