"Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest cold-related excess death rate"
That's an interesting choice. It conflates cold-related excess deaths in the equatorial lowlands (which struggle to ever get below 70F/20C) and the southern highlands (like Lesotho, which routinely goes below freezing in June/July). Both are sub-saharan.
Of course, that may just be a bad summary, but it puts it onto the "should probably verify the results before I trust it" pile of papers, something that's sadly growing at an ever-increasing pace.
It seems like they use obscure language (non-optimal, excess) on purpose to try to somehow connect global warming into the obvious fact that a lot of people die in cold temperatures if they don't have a warm shelter, and sometimes people die in hot temperatures if they don't drink enough. And the article is full of global warming fear mongering, although they found that temp-related mortality has decreased from 2000 to 2019.
This must be relevant due to the air conditioning meme about Europe. Anyway, sometimes I just like to turn of the AC and enjoy the +30C summer heat at low humidity however I can’t stand +24C when it’s humid. It’s not just the temperature.
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Of course, that may just be a bad summary, but it puts it onto the "should probably verify the results before I trust it" pile of papers, something that's sadly growing at an ever-increasing pace.
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