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New UN report claims climate-related disasters have doubledThe report is incompetent and wrong on pretty much all accountsThe report should be withdrawnThreadReport here: https://www.undrr.org/news/drrday-report-dramatic-rise-climate-disast

New York Times ran a sensational story on how many places will soon be underwaterUnfortunately, it misuses data to conclude disaster, creating unreasonable fearhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater

Many more people have died from corona, when looking at all deaths, not just public corona deathsbecause of underreporting and people dying of other diseases while hospitals busy tackling coronaGreat

Economic analysis from @ThunstromLinda and colleagues shows the benefits of social distancing outweigh the economic costs by $5.2 trillion(Paper available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561934)https://thehill.com/policy/fi

Significant data indicate corona is no worse than common flu.Yes, we need mass testing.But if true, shutting down the economy was possibly not the best response.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/without-mass-testing-were-flying-blind-through-th