Disaster researchers have been talking about this (we call them indirect deaths) for literal decades but I’m glad the economists have caught on… Now do literally all the other hazards too!
"Hurricanes are hundreds of times deadlier than anyone has realized." @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social on the new study that could radically shift how we think about hurricane deaths:
New research published today in Nature shocked even the study’s own authors.
This one weird trick will keep you from catching a SARS infection... and the government doesn't want you to know about it! 😷
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Heated Tabacco products are the dumbest obfuscated cigarettes I ever seen. Instead if burning the Tabacco you stick it in an electronic device which “heats / burns” it for you. Surprise surprise, that’s essentially the same fucking thing as smoking!!!
I mean, you'd think that by now Winston would realise Costello is damaging his reputation as well, and recognise for his own sake she must go
The only true mystery around Casey Costello continuing to be a Cabinet Minister is "what price is Peters demanding in return for letting Luxon demote her, and just how bad is it that Luxon hasn't paid yet?"
The second question is "how have our media resisted making an increasingly terrible series of "can the Minister handle the heat" headlines"
THE TOTAL DEATHS SINCE THE CONFLICT BEGAN WOULD BE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 335,500 IN TOTAL THE GUARDIAN QUOTING THE LANCET
Costello should have lost her portfolios a very long time ago. It is inexcusable for Luxon to let her remain in his cabinet, no matter what party she belongs to. #nzpol
“The Associate Health Minister Casey Costello's "independent advice" on heated tobacco products is five articles that are either about different products, outdated, or only offer weak support for her view.” #NZPolwww.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...