OK, so all the doctors will stop using fossil fuels in their business and personal lives, right? Give up AC? Downsize their luxury homes? End the use of all the plastics in their medical operations?
Climate change is a public health crisis, AMA says
The American Medical Association has declared climate change a public health crisis that threatens the health and well-being of all people. The new policy mobilizes the AMA to advocate for policies that limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions aimed at carbon neutrality by 2050, and support rapid implementation and incentivization of clean energy solutions and significant investments in climate resilience through a climate justice lens.
The organization will also develop a strategic plan for enacting its climate change policies, including on how to decarbonize physician practices and the health care industry. The new policy also recognizes the health, safety, and climate risks of current methods of producing fossil fuel-derived hydrogen and the dangers of adding hydrogen to natural gas.
“The scientific evidence is clear – our patients are already facing adverse health effects associated with climate change, from heat-related injuries, vector-borne diseases and air pollution from wildfires, to worsening seasonal allergies and storm-related illness and injuries,” said AMA Board Member Ilse R. Levin, D.O., MPH, in a statement. “Like the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis will disproportionately impact the health of historically marginalized communities. Taking action now won’t reverse all of the harm done, but it will help prevent further damage to our planet and our patients’ health and well-being.”
Really, this is what’s called green-washing, where they make all the right climate cult noises, but, won’t do much of anything. And what little they do do will see the costs passed on. It was cute throwing in the talking point about marginalized communities, which is the current big point, because all these uber-white upper middle class and rich 1st World white folks think that “minorities” cannot possibly do anything on their own. What’s that called?
Maybe rich Climate hysteriacs should stop disproportionately impacting marginalized communities. Forcing everyone to pay higher energy costs is just ONE of those impacts. Not letting them have air conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter or live in suburbs where the air is cleaner also have health impacts. But this is the life that climate activists want for everyone.
Perhaps someone ought to tell the American Medical Association that if “policies that limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions aimed at carbon neutrality by 2050, and support rapid implementation and incentivization of clean energy solutions and significant investments in climate resilience through a climate justice lens” are actually enacted, and funded, there will be far less money available for health care.
Headline: Government takes more money away from workers and makes everything they need cost more. Poor hardest hit.
No one saw that coming.
Lol
AMA used to be solid GOP
Teach very very few people expect everyone to immediately stop all use of all fossil fuels. When you use thst position to make your point it negates aby legitimate arguments you might have made.
As in : Teach if you realky thought abortion was murder why don’t you take more personal action to stop it? How many hours per day do you physically try to end the murder of babies?? Zero!! Well then you have no right to HD that opinion
Fossil fuel prices will continue to go up
Renewables will always keep going down.
You want others to build a 10 billion dollar refinery knowing that fossil fuel vehicles will no longer be made in 12 more years?
Should Biden stop the export of North American gasoline to reduce prices?
Do you want BIG GOVERNMENT. To intervene and reduce profits on oil companies? Shouldn’t you be celebrating their obscene profits ? Should Trump have told OPEC+ 2 years ago to cut their production by 25% ( the biggest cut in history)?