Air pollution linked to higher rates of death from Covid-19
Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to significantly higher rates of death from Covid-19 according to a new study.
Researchers from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health looked at 3,080 counties in the US and found a 15 per cent increase in the death rate from Covid-19 from an extra 1 microgram per cubic metre of fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5.
It suggests that 248 deaths from the disease in Manhattan in the period until April 4 could have been avoided by a decrease in pollution.
Experts had already surmised a link between exposure to pollution and the risks from coronavirus because it contributes to known co-morbidities such as asthma, diabetes and heart disease.
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Meanwhile the EPA under President "Shit for Brains" has been relaxing air pollution standards.
