The U.S. is rapidly approaching one million confirmed cases of the virus and has now passed 50,000 deaths (the most in the world). In the face of this, Donald Trump is pushing untested drugs, tweeting Liberate states with protesters advocating for premature lifting of shelter orders, telling us the virus might disappear this coming winter, even though medical experts are warning that we should be prepared for a COVID-19 winter surge. And, suggesting that people could inject disinfectants and use ultraviolet rays internally to combat the virus. (Debunked as dangerous by both medical science and disinfectant companies.)
If this isn't enough to make you vote for former Vice-President Biden in November, who has promised to have science lead us to the other side of this pandemic, think about climate change. As pointed out in my column, The Lessons of Coronavirus , COVID-19, like Ebola is a virus that has jumped from animals to humans because our warming climate has pushed animals into closer contact with humans. According to climate scientists, as our planet continues to warm, we can expect more novel diseases to begin to attack us.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that climate change is and will continue to cause more than 250,000 deaths a year as the result of extreme weather conditions, disease transmissions (like Ebola and COVID-19), polluted water-related disease, and malnutrition.