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The Washington Post reports that according to President Obama global warming isn’t just affecting the weather, it’s harming Americans’ health, as he announced steps government and businesses will take to better understand and deal with the problem. Obama said hazards of the changing climate include wildfires sending more pollution into the air, allergy seasons growing longer and rising cases of insect-borne diseases. “We’ve got to do better in protecting our vulnerable families,” said Obama.. “You can’t cordon yourself off from air."
Speaking at Howard University Medical School, Obama announced commitments from Google, Microsoft and others to help the nation’s health system prepare for a warmer, more erratic climate. Google has promised to donate 10 million hours of advanced computing time on new tools, including risk maps and early warnings for things like wildfires and oil flares using the Google Earth Engine platform, the White House said. Google’s camera cars that gather photos for its “Street View” function will start measuring methane emissions and natural gas leaks in some cities this year. Microsoft’s research arm will develop a prototype for drones that can collect large quantities of mosquitoes, then digitally analyze their genes and pathogens. The goal is to create a system that could provide early warnings about infectious diseases that could break out if climate change worsens. “The sooner we act, the more we can do to protect the health of our communities, our kids, and those that are the most vulnerable,” according to a White House statement. The actions “will allow us to better understand, communicate and reduce the health impacts of climate change on our communities.”
(Score: 2, Insightful) by frojack on Wednesday April 08 2015, @09:57PM
Claiming that climate change is directly responsible for his daughter's asthma he condemns his own daughter to victim-hood.
He decides that the length of the growing season must be held exactly as it is (because we all know it is a universal, standard length, right) or millions of children will get asthma. (Never mind that the Mayo Clinic has apparently some rogue ideas [mayoclinic.org] about what triggers Asthma, including pollution, cold weather
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:00PM
Pollution, you say...
gee wonder what happens to all that smoke
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:12PM
It goes up the smoke stack and we never have to worry about it again.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:04PM
Oh boy, can't wait for rev al to jump on this and play the race card. "Dem white people caused it"
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:14PM
Well... 'Dem white people' did start it with the industrial revolution, so he'd have a valid argument.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday April 09 2015, @12:33AM
No it was the slash and burn technology of tribal peoples.
And, whites were late comers to the industrial revolution.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Thursday April 09 2015, @02:01AM
Do your history books start with Adam and Eve riding dinosaurs?
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:06PM
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by kaszz on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:06PM
Lack of germs, natural pollution and parasites is suspected to cause asthma and overreaction of the immune defense.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by frojack on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:37PM
Nope. He has spoken. [thehill.com]
Malia's Asthma is due to climate change.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by EQ on Thursday April 09 2015, @04:46AM
How about the fact that his daughter lives with a cigarette smoker? That's a huge risk factor for respiratory conditions, and cigarette smoke is one of the most common triggers for paroxysmal episodes. If he is truly concerned about the causes for his daughter's asthma, he needs look no further than the nearest mirror. Act locally - Climate he needs to control is his own.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday April 09 2015, @04:15PM
They forgot subclinical hypothyroidism, tho that isn't much recognised yet, and can itself be triggered by cold.
If you look at periods of human prosperity (including tech and philosophical advances) vs human dark ages, generally warmer is better. Could it be that more crops equals fewer hungry people, who then find better things to do with their time than just scrape by??
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @05:19PM
There's more than enough food (and wealth) to go around now, such that nobody should ever go hungry. The problem is greedy, self-centered fucks hoarding everything to themselves and not letting it go to anyone else.