COVID-19 shows result of
ignoring early warnings
Experts provided early warnings of coronavirus that went ignored. Now COVID-19 has exploded into an international pandemic, resulting in a death toll that could have been reduced if we acted sooner.
Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree climate change is manmade. Researchers have stated that if we don’t act now, global warming will have catastrophic effects.
We’ve already begun to see the impacts in melting ice caps, dying species and polluted air.
We’re currently getting a harsh demonstration of what happens when we don’t heed early warnings. No one wants to go through an international emergency like this again. History does have a habit of repeating itself, but it doesn’t have to, and we shouldn’t let it.
Our health is a bipartisan issue. We will survive COVID-19. Once we do, climate change will be the next immediate issue facing us. For our health and the health of our planet, we need to act.
Sadie Miller
Mountain View
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