Last summer’s heat wave killed 66 Montrealers
Public health’s report is in, and they estimate that 66 people died on the island of Montreal directly because of the heat in last summer’s heat wave. Most were poor, old or schizophrenic.
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Blork 14:16 on 2019-05-15 Permalink
That’s more than double the murder rate.
Ian 19:11 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
Listening to CBC the other night they said a quarter of those deaths were schizophrenics with inadequate medical and community support. Food for thought in these climate collapse discussions, the first to go will be the most vulnerable, and if we ignore that we are just playing games with our social consciousness posturing.