Containment has done its job. Images recently shared by the NASA show a sharp drop in nitrogen dioxide emissions - which come from the combustion of fossil fuels - in China. According to "Estimates to be taken with caution shared by Marshall Burke, a scientist at Stanford University, this reduction is not so surprising. "It has probably saved the lives of 4,000 children under the age of five and 73,000 adults over the age of 70 in China.he said in a press release. But he does not forget that this in no way diminishes the danger of a pandemic. " We learn nothing here, apart from an ounce of satisfaction at this reduction in air pollution in China - the main source of Covid-19.
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