Chan School of Public Health, found that in 92 counties in California, Oregon and Washington in 2020 there were more COVID-19 cases and deaths when wildfire smoke was present than at times when it was not. Dominici has called the overlapping crises of wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic a “disastrous combination.”Controlling for factors such as social distancing and population size, the researchers attributed 19,700 COVID-19 cases and 750 COVID-19 deaths to worsening effects from exposure to wildfire smoke. As a result, they believe their findings apply any place exposed to wildfire smoke — including B.C. Dominici agreed vaccination is especially key in areas with exposure to wildfire smoke. “That’s something that should be done regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic, but COVID-19 places greater urgency and priority on it.”Read more about:

Source: thestar August 17, 2021 23:15 UTC