India heatwave caused by climate change. When the temperature is 37 deg. C or 100 deg. F, and the humidity is very high, the body cannot cool itself by evaporation and cannot regulate its temperature, which causes heat exhaustion, heat stroke and hyperthermia and the person will die. https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/india-heatwave-throws-food-security-loop-2022-05-12/
Archive for the ‘Health’ Category:
2022-05-01 Health Ins.
Health “insurance” at the expense of the insured, to benefit the corporation – ‘enhance shareholder value’. 45 min YouTube video. https://youtu.be/uvWpy43c8rI
2022-04-18 Roe V Wade And Making Abortions Illegal
Before the Roe v Wade decision, states had laws that made abortions illegal. Occasionally, in the newspaper I would read the news that a woman had died from septicemia (blood infection) after receiving an illegal abortion. Back then both state and federal laws made marijuana illegal. But that didn’t prevent many younger people from growing
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2022-04-08 Stop Complaining About Wind Turbine Blades!
From FB group It’s not fair and unacceptable to blame wind turbine blades for being a landfill problem. Only 10 to 12% of the total plastic in landfills is due to wind turbine blades. Stop complaining about what’s in the landfills and complain about the plastic waste that’s turning the oceans into trash dumps and
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2022-04-05 WHO: 99% Of World Breathes Polluted Air
The WHO says 99% of the global population breathes poor quality air. 7 million people die of preventable diseases caused by air pollution. This has always been a problem in the Los Angeles metro area and Southern California, which still has smog. https://apnews.com/article/science-health-asia-united-nations-environment-dafbedfa74d46297e013a5f47ced010d
2022-03-30 More EVs Mean Better Health – Lung Assoc.
The American Lung Association claims switching to EVs will save thousands of lives and $72 billion in healthcare costs. Quote: << The report clearly states, “Air Pollution and Climate Change Threaten Public Health.” The ALA points out that too many Americans are breathing in air that could harm our health. Its State of The Air
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2022-03-21 Reducing Humidity – Uses As Much Energy As Cooling
In air conditioning, the reduction of humidity uses as much energy as cooling. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/20/news-release-scientists-show-large-impact-of-controlling-humidity-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions/
2022-03-01 Covid-19 Infodemic Misinformation, Vaccine Acceptance Research
This research talks about the Covid-19 infodemic and misinformation. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0263381
2022-02-17 Conspiracy In Online Wellness Communities
Conspiracy theories run rampant in online personal wellness communities. This PBS Newshour article (9 mins) shows how the Disinformation Dozen are corrupting the minds of the vaccine hesitant. There is hope: one of the women they interviewed was an antivaxxer but changed and got out of the cult. No more Qanon, no more conspiracy theories,
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2022-02-16 Opinion Re: VAERS, Covid-19, Vaccines, Vaccination And Hesitancy, Skepticism
This Guardian opinion article is harshly critical of just about everything and everyone having to do with Covid-19, vaccines and their approvals, the pharmaceutical companies, the CDC, and vaccinations, antivaxxers, and official policies. The one item I believe is the most misleading is the paragraph about VAERS, the vaccine adverse event reporting list. The author
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