Die Hitzewelle im Juni könnte in Europa etwa 20.000 Menschen das Leben gekostet haben, so eine erste Schätzung, die auf früheren Hitzetoten in der Region basiert.

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And the flu leads to anywhere between 70,000 and 150,000 every winter. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t get air conditioning but we don’t see that in the headlines every season.

An interesting stat is that more Europeans die annually from heat than Americans from gun violence (which 60% of is suicide).

How many of these are boomers who actually caused this as well as all subsequent heatwaves?

Sorry but that many people are dying of heat in Europe?? Get your shit together Europe you pretend to be the centre of the world and so humanitarian and you guys can’t even manage to cool the population? 😂 Come on man this is basic shit for a first world country let alone the EU… Guys put in AC units it’s not that hard and if you can’t power them I question how the „civilized world“ isn’t able to produce enough electricity to power a country with AC.. boy things sure have changed in Europe… Glad to be North American reading this shit 💀
And this is not the European people’s fault but the government’s failure to adapt to the changing world… How long have they been charging carbon taxes for?? Put the $ towards something important.

Rant done bring on the down votes.
Take care all and stay cool

To be fair a lot (at least more than should) tourists from northern Europe die every year in Greece, because they think they can go on a hike at 10 am, to islands with little to no vegetation, when the locals start to sit in the shadows. They are not prepared for extreme heat, they underestimate it (because they’re not used to it), they overestimate their strength and they don’t listen.

If only there was a machine that could fix this!

Install AC units in public buildings for mass cooling.