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Imallin4Joe

(752 posts)
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:48 PM Aug 2020

Impending doom: The most dangerous aspect of global warming that few are talking about.

Global warming is real.

Warmth hastens microbial evolution similar to a body builder injecting steroids.

Warmth is like a growth hormone for microbial life.

It's a free energy source for microbes, but it comes at 1 cost.

To survive, microbes must adapt to a warmer climate.

This extreme adaptation requires microbial life to evolve.

This evolution can often result in dangerous new disease causing microbes. Bacteria, viruses etc..

Just in the past 50 years we've seen..

Pandemic explosions..

HIV
SARS
H1N1 Swine Flu
Ebola
Zika
Mers(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
Bird Flu
Mad Cow
Chronic wasting syndrome
COVID-19

Many of these diseases seemed to come out of nowhere. Like they just burst on to the scene and began their deadly onslaughts.

Again
Warmth hastens the evolution of microbial life with often devastating results.

New pandemics are the new normal.

New pandemics will plague us for the foreseeable future with no end in sight.

Science will be our only defense.

Science NOT bombs must become the focal point of national defense.

Democrats, START talking about the dangers of microbial evolution caused by increasing global temperatures.

This problem will not go away by ignoring it.

How many more pandemics will it take to open our eyes?

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Impending doom: The most dangerous aspect of global warming that few are talking about. (Original Post) Imallin4Joe Aug 2020 OP
Dang! Karadeniz Aug 2020 #1
"How many more pandemics will it take to open our eyes?" volstork Aug 2020 #2
+1 Imallin4Joe Aug 2020 #9
Just to point out: Democrats do not ignore it. Democrats have not ignored it. Democrats keep on... Hekate Aug 2020 #3
Al Gore understood DBoon Aug 2020 #7
Yes he was. And every one of the young men known as the Brooks Bros Rioters has risen higher... Hekate Aug 2020 #8
After the way conservatives treated this one, I'm going to say all. Initech Aug 2020 #4
So very true.. Imallin4Joe Aug 2020 #13
Scientists have warned that these deadly pandemics will increase in frequency & severity CousinIT Aug 2020 #5
Thanks for the article. Imallin4Joe Aug 2020 #12
Viruses don't count as microbes. They are non-living. lostnfound Aug 2020 #6
Yes. This is what I was thinking too. AllyCat Aug 2020 #14
We all need to stay put. pwb Aug 2020 #10
Very true. Imallin4Joe Aug 2020 #11

Hekate

(89,976 posts)
3. Just to point out: Democrats do not ignore it. Democrats have not ignored it. Democrats keep on...
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:05 PM
Aug 2020

...plugging away. But Democrats do not hold the Senate or the White House and are dealing with a criminal enterprise.

Never forget that at the moment when Barack Obama was being sworn in as president for the first time, there were several Republican Senators meeting privately who swore to make him a one-term president by blocking every single initiative he put forward, regardless of its merit. Two of them were Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham.

Never forget who is the enemy here.

Hekate

(89,976 posts)
8. Yes he was. And every one of the young men known as the Brooks Bros Rioters has risen higher...
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:42 PM
Aug 2020

...in the party than we ever could have believed, including Beer-loving Kavanaugh.

Never forget who the real enemy is.

Initech

(99,881 posts)
4. After the way conservatives treated this one, I'm going to say all.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:15 PM
Aug 2020

Because if they don't learn from this one, will they ever? Probably not. This plague is entirely their fault. And the next one will most likely be theirs too.

Imallin4Joe

(752 posts)
13. So very true..
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 08:35 PM
Aug 2020

The entire GOP is to blame for Trump's pandemic.

Maybe expect Romney. He appears to be almost the lone voice of reason from that side.

Trump and the GOP's ignorance is shameful and disgusting.

Imallin4Joe

(752 posts)
12. Thanks for the article.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 07:57 PM
Aug 2020

I've read it before but nice to read again. Great article for those who haven't seen it.

lostnfound

(16,124 posts)
6. Viruses don't count as microbes. They are non-living.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:18 PM
Aug 2020

They can’t multiply without a host, and what matters for that is population density, not heat.

On edit: Habitat loss caused by climate change can cause wild animals to come nearer to human populations, and if they animals harbor viruses, then that would be added risk.

AllyCat

(15,987 posts)
14. Yes. This is what I was thinking too.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 08:51 PM
Aug 2020

Climate change is INDEED a major problem. Just a bit different than the OP asserts.

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