Environment matters. The Trump (mal)administration’s continuing efforts to reduce air pollution regulations (as has often been reported on DKos, including in the past week) will only add to the dangers of coronavirus. The Guardian reports on a “statistically significant and robust” Harvard study that found:
… even a tiny, single-unit increase in particle pollution levels in the years before the pandemic is associated with a 15% increase in the death rate. The research … calculates that slightly cleaner air in Manhattan in the past could have saved hundreds of lives.
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Medical scientists warned in mid-March that air pollution exposure could make Covid-19 worse.
Did Trump and his minions listen? (Rhetorical question.) Do they care? Only if it affects their ratings.