Air quality not great when boarding & waiting for planes to take off as I am now - you’re breathing a lot of other people’s exhaled air. As with buses, trams & trains, this is a v good time to wear a respirator mask. Protect yourself & others.
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I declined a visit with family last week because they were visiting a premature baby in hospital & refusing to mask. Today I get a “good thing we didn’t visit you - super sick with flu” text. They’re glad they didn’t infect me because I’m vulnerable…What about the baby? #MaskUp#CovidIsAirborne
Here is something you would not expect to see in Summer 2024. Very good to see. County in California recommends indoor mask wearing due to Covid surge www.datareport.info/index.php?to...
Last week the WSJ ran an article on the need to address methane emissions. And now there is an op-ed one in Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/kavehm...
Earth is experiencing its hottest days. Heatwaves and wildfires are killing people. Why is reducing methane crucial for combating climate change and air pollution?
How much of global warming is human-caused, as opposed to natural? MORE THAN 100% That’s right: according to natural factors, including the sun and natural cycles, the Earth should be slowly, gradually cooling right now. That’s why humans are responsible for all observed warming and then some.
All this worry about warming when it’s just a natural cycle. The climate is always changing and today’s no different -- right?Global Weirding is produced by ...
“People have gone back to coughing into their hands & shaking hands with other people. Mask-wearing has disappeared. We are going back to our old bad habits. We may come to regret that.” Reminder: One of the best ways to prevent the next pandemic is to stop being in denial about the current one.
Influenza is still the biggest threat to global health as WHO raises fears about the spread of avian strain
“In my life, I’ve never seen anything like this in terms of severity, in terms of scale, and then in terms of speed.” - Arif Husain, United Nations World Food Program, on starvation in Gaza.
The chief economist of the World Food Program explains how the scarcity of food may tip the territory into famine.