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2023-07-22 00:47:54 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Cold weather is associated with nearly 20 times more deaths than hot weather. Globally, more than 90 percent of temperature-related deaths are from cold. On every continent, cold deaths surpass heat deaths. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)62114-0/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00081-4/fulltext https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2740 https://nypost.com/2021/07/14/more-die-of-cold-medias-heat-death-climate-obsession-leads-to-lousy-fixes/ https://www.nicswell.co.uk/health-news/mildly-cold-weather-more-deadly-than-heatwaves-or-very-cold-snaps https://phys.org/news/2022-01-cold-deaths-india.html https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1596537142678900736

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• Cold weather is associated with nearly 20 times more deaths than hot weather. Globally, more than 90 percent of temperature-related deaths are from cold. On every continent, cold deaths surpass heat deaths. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)62114-0/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00081-4/fulltext https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2740 https://nypost.com/2021/07/14/more-die-of-cold-medias-heat-death-climate-obsession-leads-to-lousy-fixes/ https://www.nicswell.co.uk/health-news/mildly-cold-weather-more-deadly-than-heatwaves-or-very-cold-snaps https://phys.org/news/2022-01-cold-deaths-india.html https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1596537142678900736