Several parts of Europe had recorded their highest-ever temperatures in 2022. The United Kingdom experienced 40-plus degree Celsius heat for the first time ever, while Ireland had its highest temperature since 1887.
So what were the heat deaths from previous years? Was this 10 more? Or a 1000 more?
Without that crucial information it is impossible to put the article in context.
Although considering what they did bother to put in the article while pointedly leaving that information out, it looks like that was the point.Late as always and it will take way to long for a change:
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-draws-up-plan-to-prevent-heatwave-deaths/a-65904829
“We have to realize that we are not well positioned in Germany to combat heat death,” said Lauterbach, himself a qualified doctor and public health expert.
He conceded that 5,000 to 20,000 Germans were dying of avoidable heat-related deaths each year, saying this was “not acceptable.”
“If we do nothing, we will lose several thousand lives every year, unnecessarily,” Lauterbach said adding that deaths directly attributed to the heat were only “the tip of the iceberg.”
He said many people would also need care because, for example, they suffer heart attacks or strokes after falling prey to heat stroke.
What about other countries where it’s already hotter? I imagine countries near the equator would suffer more.
