{"id":1310752,"date":"2022-02-18T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1310752"},"modified":"2022-02-18T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:53:17","slug":"climate-the-new-corona-britains-fauci-says-doctors-needed-to-fight-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-the-new-corona-britains-fauci-says-doctors-needed-to-fight-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate the New Corona? Britain&#039;s Fauci Says Doctors Needed to Fight Air Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-the-new-corona-britains-fauci-says-doctors-needed-to-fight-air-pollution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1310752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Doctors will need to lead efforts to deal with the effects of air pollution, Professor Chris Whitty said in a meeting hosted by leftist London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;Chief Medical Officer for England, who has led the government\u2019s response to the coronavirus in a similar manner to Anthony Fauci in America, has warned that air pollution is \u201ceverybody\u2019s problem and it\u2019s a problem at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking at the Clean Air Summit on Thurdsday, Professor Whitty said that it is a \u201csolvable problem\u201d, saying that society will need to look at areas such as road planning and engineering to come up with ways to reduce pollution, <em>The Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/chris-whitty-doctors-could-help-us-avoid-air-pollution-2t5jqqz2k\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, that doesn\u2019t deal with the here and now, and many of these problems are going to take some years to work through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where the medical profession does come in. Along with others, I agree with the principle, as do leaders of the medical profession, that we have concentrated too little on air pollution,\u201d Whitty said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The top UK medical scientist said that medical officials should be looking to draw up plans for specific areas to be avoided by \u201cvulnerable\u201d people, explaining: \u201cThis is a time, place, and route you should be trying to avoid.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19929122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371087351.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19929122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371087351.png\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 17: Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, the mother of nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who died in 2013 following an asthma attack, (L) and Professor Chris Whitty (C) listen as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (R) addresses guests at the London Clean Air and Health Summit at Royal College Of Physicians on February 17, 2022 in London, England. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called on health professionals to play a greater role in informing their London patients about the risks of air pollution and how to protect themselves as recommended in the Coroner&#039;s report following the inquest into the death of nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. (Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 FEBRUARY 17: Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, the mother of nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who died in 2013 following an asthma attack, (L) and Professor Chris Whitty (C) listen as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (R) addresses guests at the London Clean Air and Health Summit \/ Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>London\u2019s leftist Labour Party Mayor, Sadiq Khan struck a more apocalyptic tone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-60423340\">saying<\/a>: \u201cWe simply don\u2019t have time to waste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeadly air pollution is permanently damaging the lungs of young Londoners and affecting older people who are more vulnerable to the impacts of poor air quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is also about social justice. We know pollution hits the poorest Londoners, who are least likely to own a car, the hardest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change as a whole has become a major point of focus across the political establishment following the election of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who, like President Joe Biden, has been at the forefront of the so-called \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d movement in the wake of the Chinese coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Build Back Better: From Boris Johnson to Greta and Extinction Rebellion, Britain\u2019s Year of Climate Craziness <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L4Vn4BAqMi\">https:\/\/t.co\/L4Vn4BAqMi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1476854199220641831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Branding himself as the \u201cMoses\u201d of climate change in October of last year, Boris Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/19\/moses-of-climate-change-boris-says-climate-crisis-is-worse-than-covid-and-we-have-to-listen-to-the-science\/\">warned<\/a> that the supposed dire consequences of allegedly man-made global warming outweigh the impacts of the Wuhan virus, and therefore should seek to empower scientists further to shape the lives of British citizens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe lesson of COVID is absolutely clear.&nbsp;We have to listen to the scientists. We need urgent government action,\u201d the Conservative PM said.<\/p>\n<p>In order to fulfil his vision of radically transforming the British economy to reach Net-Zero carbon emmissions by the year 2050, Johnson has vowed to end the new sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2030 and has pledged billions to invest in \u201cgreen technologies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The agenda has come under increasing scrutiny amid the energy crisis, with British households&nbsp;facing a record <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/feb\/03\/uk-households-face-record-54-energy-bill-rise-as-price-cap-is-lifted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">54 per cent increase<\/a> to energy bills amid massive rises in wholesale prices. The government has so far refused to cut&nbsp;taxes on energy, notably the Value Added Tax (VAT), the Prime Minster himself previously <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrHarryCole\/status\/1478379243675529222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a> would be be a benefit of Brexit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>It has also been estimated that taxes levied to subsidise green energy schemes account&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-10366275\/ROSS-CLARK-DOES-green-tax-energy-bill-actually-pay-for.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">25.5 per cent<\/a> of the average household\u2019s energy bills.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been concerns that the government will seek to maintain its level of social control on the populace seen under the lockdown responses to the coronavirus under the auspices of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Breitbart London in October, Baroness Claire Fox of the House of Lords <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/05\/claire-fox-predicts-govts-will-call-climate-change-a-public-health-issue\/\">warned<\/a>: \u201cI think you can expect to see a whole range of issues being dressed up as public health issues and I\u2019ve even noticed that climate change has been posed as a public health risk rather than the green ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a government realises that when public health is deployed as the spectre to frighten people, then actually they can accumulate a lot of power for themselves without too much opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage Warns Boris \u2018Partygate\u2019 Nothing Compared to Greater Scandal of Tory Failure to Govern Conservatively<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2hLCIhQrSl\">https:\/\/t.co\/2hLCIhQrSl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1490973686958014469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors will need to lead efforts to deal with the effects of air pollution, Professor Chris Whitty said in a meeting hosted by leftist London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}