Oddbean new post about login | logout Up to 10,000 people a year in the UK could die as a result of heatwaves if nothing is done, MPs have warned. "It's a silent killer... hot weather does kill as much as cold weather kills", Senior Meteorologist Jim Dale tells @KayBurley https://video.nostr.build/4f80f60a01e0c654207ffb6fa8225add48cbd813f0fdd3b8c000b5beb8a84c11.mp4
Senior 'Meteorologist' Jim Dale deliberately misleads. See the Findings of "Small-area assessment of temperature-related mortality risks in England and Wales: a case time series analysis" The excess death ratio is about 85 to 1 for cold vs warm temperatures. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519622001383