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COVID-19

Global CO2 emissions update

April 23, 2021May 21, 2020 by Dave
CO2 emissions

Estimates for the decline of CO2 due to lockdown have been published in Nature. What does this reveal, and what do we do now?

Categories Climate Change, environment, news, science, study Tags CO2, COVID-19, emissions Leave a comment

Is ultraviolet light a COVID-19 cure?

April 30, 2020 by Dave
ultraviolet

Is there any credability to the idea that bleach injections or untraviolet UV light could potentially cure COVID-19? (Hint: No).

Categories consumer, Critical Thinking, Fake News, science, Skepticism, society Tags COVID-19, ultraviolet, UV light Leave a comment

CO2 and COVID-19

May 20, 2022April 28, 2020 by Dave
CO2 and COVID-19

It is commonly suggested that the impact of the lockdown is a humble 5% drop in CO2. This number is based upon assumptions that may be wrong.

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The Trolley Problem and COVID-19

April 23, 2024April 27, 2020 by Dave
the trolley problem in the good place

Pew ran poll asking – “who gets ventilators when there are not enough of them?”. Majority of Non-religious went with most ethical solution.

Categories Critical Thinking, Medicine, People, poll, religion, science, society Tags COVID-19, poll, trolley problem Leave a comment

5G and COVID-19

April 16, 2020 by Dave
5G masts are being attacked by conspiracy theorists and telecommunications staff are being physically attacked

Is there any actual scientific evidence that exposure to 5G EMF causes COVID-19, will it actually harm you at all? (Hint: No).

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What Impact on Climate will COVID-19 have?

April 13, 2020 by Dave
cover-19 and CO2

With lockdown’s in place due to COVID-19, what impact is this having on our CO2 emissions, will be be a big dip and a tiny fraction?

Categories Climate Change, science Tags climate, CO2, COVID-19 Leave a comment
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