Global Lockdown Caused By Coronavirus Can Save More People From Air Pollution Than The Virus Itself
Although we’re all in a lockdown and isolated from everyone and everything, here’s a news that will definitely put a smile on your face. The air pollution is drastically low due to the decreased industrial activity. The Internet had been flooded with photos of the blue sky above Wuhan and the clear waters in the Venice canals, and those images give hope to the people isolated at home. All the safety measures applied by the governments around the world have reduced the emission of greenhouse gasses and air pollutants and experts think that if the these measures continue, the levels might be the lowest since more than a decade ago. Air pollution kills more than 7 million people a year. On the other hand, Forbes Magazine explains that: “the global death toll of an uncontained pandemic remains largely a matter of conjecture.” “The most dramatic projections that have been released—too hastily to be peer-reviewed—put the global death toll of an unchecked pandemic in the millions—total, ...