WARMTH OF COLLECTIVISM: Mamdani urges New Yorkers to keep AC at 78 degrees F during heat wave
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"Warmth of Collectivism" - 10,000 excess deaths in Europe heat wave where AC is often forbidden, reliable power is shut down or taxed as sinful, etc.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/europe-heat-excess-deaths-9.7267829
European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heat wave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data shows.
The vast majority — more than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above, according to data published by EuroMOMO, a network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization.
Extreme heat can kill by causing heat stroke, or aggravating cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, with older people among the most vulnerable.
"To have this kind of excess at this time of year is unusual. It’s really high,"
Lasse Vestergaard, chief physician at Denmark's Statens Serum Institut, which hosts EuroMOMO, told Reuters.except upper level bureaucrats, they got to have AC
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