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TheConversationUS , 5 hours ago to histodons

Can we tackle #climatechange without fully believing in it? The medical history of germ theory gives hope that we can.

Many people -- even doctors -- in the 19th century were germ skeptics: they just didn't believe these new theories of tiny, invisible germs that could cause disease, whatever scientists said. But these doctors adopted public health measures because they worked, and reduced deadly diseases like cholera and tuberculosis.
https://theconversation.com/can-humanity-address-climate-change-without-believing-it-230936
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bonno , 3 hours ago

@TheConversationUS @histodons problem with climate change is that polluters don't pay any price for the problems they create it doesn't affect them any more than those that don't pollute - they can get rich by polluting and then pay their way out of climate change impacts - so, no, there won't be a climate change solution - but world, ..., prove me wrong, I'm waiting ...