Lessons from coronavirus and climate change: Don’t be deceived by small numbers

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By Zoya TeirsteinMar 19, 2020, 3:58 am160 ptsTrending
Comparing the coronavirus pandemic to climate change is a fraught endeavor. Using one crisis to illustrate the dangers of another typically doesn’t work. For the most part, people only have the mental bandwidth for one life-threatening, world-altering crisis at a time. (Even one’s a stretch, if personal…

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