Not wanting to get all Greta Thunberg here but i found this thought provoking

From today's guardian live feed:

"Dirty air is known to cause lung and heart damage and is responsible for at least 8m early deaths a year. This underlying health damage means respiratory infections, such as coronavirus, may well have a more serious impact on city dwellers and those exposed to toxic fumes, than on others."

Not posting this to in any way try and play down the seriousness of the coronavirus which is tragedy but once we get through this I hope that we might all have a bit of a think and reassess how we go about certain things and that some of the new habits we have formed will stick, a reduction in unnecessary travel being one of them. Hopefully with everyone being set up to work from home then more widespread flexible working practices may evolve.

That said we are presumably all going to have to travel everywhere in our cars for the next few months to avoid public transport.

Posted By: Jim on March 17th 2020 at 10:55:49

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Not wanting to get all Greta Thunberg here but i found this thought provoking (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 17, 10:55:49
- I was once involved in a study on this, and beneath the headline figures (Coronavirus) - Mecagoenti, Mar 17, 11:14:06
  - My thoughts entirely. (Coronavirus) - Men without hats, Mar 17, 11:34:50
    - ... (Coronavirus) - CB41, Mar 17, 11:56:26
      - that study is about carbon footprint per person (Coronavirus) - Mecagoenti, Mar 17, 12:10:39
- It continues (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 17, 11:00:30
- Public transport (Coronavirus) - Winged Eel Creosote, Mar 17, 10:59:16

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