• Health

Coronavirus: What Happens if a Natural Disaster Also Hits?

• coronavirus
• COVID-19

In just one day, event more governors and mayors have taken action to encourage (or mandate) residents to stay home. For instance, California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded his shelter in place order to apply to the entire state making his, the nation’s strictest response. But now, in states like California, the question being asked by […]

• Climate Change

The Coronavirus Is Cause for Panic, We Have More To Fear From the Climate Crisis

• climate change
• coronavirus
• COVID-19

by Monica Medina and Miro Korenha, founders and publishers of Our Daily Planet  Of all our recent musings, the piece that garnered the most interest was one that we wrote wondering why people find coronavirus so frightening, but when it comes to climate change, most people are nonplussed. The parallels between the coronavirus outbreak and […]

• Air

One Less Thing: China’s Air Pollution Thanks to Coronavirus Shutdowns

• China
• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• nitrogen-dioxide

NASA released satellite images yesterday that make apparent the impact of the coronavirus on air pollution in China — and the good news is that the factory shutdowns made the air across the entire country of China — particularly over Wuhan — much cleaner.  NASA released a statement explaining that the maps above show concentrations […]

• Health

Waiting for Warmer Weather Is NOT an Adequate Response To Coronavirus

• April
• CDC
• Centers for Disease Control
• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• pets

The spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 in the U.S. is increasingly being predicted by medical and public health experts, but the advent of warmer weather cannot be counted on the stem the virus’ spread, as has been claimed by the President and some of his followers.  Experts in the medical community and at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been clear that there is no clear consensus on what will happen once spring arrives, but it is not expected to entirely halt the virus, and in fact, studies have shown that in the humid tropics, similar viruses like the common flu can thrive at any time of the year.

• Health

Despite Trump’s Claims, Warm Weather Unlikely To “Miraculously Cure” Global Coronavirus

• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• Michael Bloomberg
• scientific integrity
• warm weather

In recent days at political rallies and White House events, President Trump has repeatedly made the speculative claim that the coronavirus will go away “miraculously” in “April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April.”  

Why This Matters:  President Trump is again playing politics with science and the weather — bending the facts to fit his desired narrative that both the U.S. and China having it all under control when it comes to controlling the spread of the virus and that it is safe to make drastic cuts to government research on diseases like this one.