Letters to the editor from the November 2021 issue of Scientific American
STATES OF DISEASE “States vs. Health,” by the Editors [Science Agenda], explains how politicians in several states are trying to prevent the lifesaving work that public health officials are executing to protect the population by requiring masking and physical distancing.
I congratulate Scientific American for publishing this article and invite the readers to reflect on and support the science and public health strategies that have protected lives from many viruses, including the present one, and to avoid the intrusion of politics in this essential and life-threatening matter.STORM WATCH “Vapor Storms,” by Jennifer A. Francis, describes how increased moisture in a warmer atmosphere is fueling intense hurricanes and flooding rains.
I wonder if Oreskes has heard of the University of Victoria professor Andrew Weaver’s recent comment that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is now impossible. Weaver, whose Ph.D. is in applied mathematics, has numerous accomplishments, including more than 200 published scientific works and a period as leader of the provincial Green Party here in British Columbia. But most pertinent to his comment is that he was a lead author in several of the IPCC’s past assessment reports.
This dovetails with Oreskes’s suggestion that the IPCC’s working group on climate change’s physical science basis should be wrapped up and that the organization’s focus should be directed to its working groups devoted to impacts and mitigation. I would add that the urgency be emphasized by all possible means.
I believe all products that contain acetaminophen or NSAIDs should require warning labels regarding potential damage to kidneys.CLARIFICATION “Overcoming Gene Therapy’s Long Shadow,” by Tanya Lewis [Innovations In: Gene Therapy], did not give Mark Batshaw’s current affiliation. He is now a developmental pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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