Just like being fat contributing to heart disease?
If air pollution turns out to be a big contributor to coronavirus death rates, then instead of distracting everyone from dealing with climate change, the epidemic may end up making people more willing to do something about it.
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Yes, I think that's it. Patients with chronic lung and heart conditions caused or worsened by long-term exposure to air pollution are less able to fight off lung infections and more likely to die. It's not that PM2,5 or UFP are spreading the virus. Is that what you meant
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How is Trump healthy if hes constantly surrounded by people?
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Great point. Utah has the worst air in the USA.
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The level of apathy will probably remain consistent as the issue suffers from the haze of partisanship right now.
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It looks like the coronavirus uses the ACE2 receptor to enter cells. The number of ACE2 receptors correlates with smoking and air pollution.
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Positive or negative correlation?
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As much as I want this to be true, I remain skeptical that humans will do anything at all to correct problems exposed by this pandemic.
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