Study claim: ‘If air pollution were lower, fewer COVID-19 control measures would have been necessary’
A study by the Dutch consultancy CE Delft investigating the situation in the Netherlands states that “if air pollution were lower, fewer COVID-19 control measures would have been necessary” and “had policy efforts to prevent air pollution been stronger, significant social costs could have been prevented.”
Greenpeace co-founder Dr. Patrick Moore tells Climate Depot that the air pollution/covid claims are evidence free: "'Air pollution' is not very precise. No evidence is provided of the slightest knowledge of any relationship between virus transmission and 'air pollution.' Perhaps they mean CO2 when they say 'air pollution.' That 'study' should attract $millions in research grants. I just love 'emerging evidence!'"
Emerging evidence suggests COVID-19 was worsened by air pollution
Excerpt: A study by the Dutch consultancy CE Delft investigating the situation in the Netherlands states that “if air pollution were lower, fewer COVID-19 control measures would have been necessary” and “had policy efforts to prevent air pollution been stronger, significant social costs could have been prevented.”
But despite these initial results, more research is needed in the field.
“The relationship between air pollution and virus transmissibility is still uncertain, so we need more research (…). Nevertheless, we can say that the relationship between air pollution and virus transmission forms an additional argument for ambitious air quality policy,” said Daan Juijn, co-author of the Dutch study ‘Air pollution and COVID-19’.
He was supported by Annette Peters, a researcher at Helmholtz Munich’s Institute of Epidemiology, who has also been looking into this issue:
“There is emerging evidence that air pollution is linked to infectious diseases, something we may have overlooked before. The pandemic situation is complex and studies are needed to understand the impacts fully, so it’s still early days. However, action to reduce air pollution is needed,” she said at the event.
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