The current average world wide
population increase is estimated at 81 million people per year,
without COVID-19, we would expect 60 million global deaths in 2020,
with a third or more dying from heart and stroke problems. Estimates
of total deaths to be expected from Covid19 vary widely from country
to country and are dependent upon the actions the government and
people of that place take to minimize the effects, but if we assume
50% of the population get it and 2% of those succumb to the disease
then the number of deaths would just about equal the current annual
increase in world population. Is the world trying to tell us
something? Some researchers estimate that the reduction of deaths due
to the reduction air pollution brought about by reduced industrial
and other human activities could offset some of the numbers of
deaths, particularly in some of the more heavily polluted areas of
the world.
In no way do I wish to minimize the
danger covid19 presents or detract from the measures being taken to
minimize the spread of it, as a senior citizen myself I am at
increased risk should I catch it and whilst I may not agree with ALL
of the actions taken by the various governments I recognize that
difficult decisions must be made to minimize the impact of it. This
short article is then just food for thought.
See this
Brooking Institute's publication for further perspective on this.
4 comments:
I have no doubt that Nature is sending us a message, Rural. But I'm not sure we're listening.
By the time this is over I would hope that the message has been received Owen
From our perspective, this is a world-wide tragedy, Rural. I suspect Mother Nature sees it differently.
A man man made tragedy or what we deserve perhaps Lorne?
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