¡Do Not Panic!

¡Do Not Panic! explores societal, health, and environmental issues through critical analysis. It addresses how misinformation, public policy, and individual behavior impact collective health and the environment. The substack critically examines the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, systemic denial, and the consequences of prioritizing economy over public health, encouraging a reevaluation of societal norms and policies.

Public Health COVID-19 Pandemic Climate Change Societal Behavior Misinformation and Denial Environmental Policy Individual vs. Collective Responsibility Impact of Capitalism Global Health Policy Social and Political Critique

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Climate migration, but backwards

628 implied HN points • 05 Jul 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate change Migration Climate Impacts
  1. Parts of the US with the biggest population growth are also the most at risk from climate change.
  2. Climate change is already impacting areas like Texas, Florida, and South Carolina with projections of increasing dangers in the future.
  3. Factors like denial, optimism bias, and group risk-taking contribute to people moving to high-risk climate areas despite the warnings.

Everyone, Everywhere

550 implied HN points • 19 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Covid-19 Impact Public Health
  1. There is a significant increase in sickness and absenteeism due to COVID in various countries like the UK, US, Australia, Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, and Poland.
  2. Governments are not showing compassion towards sick individuals and are not implementing proactive measures to address the long-term impact of COVID on workforce productivity.
  3. COVID is not transforming into a common cold, and repeated exposure to the virus may have unknown long-term effects on individuals' health and immunity.

It's the economic growth, stupid

452 implied HN points • 02 Jun 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Energy Sustainability Renewables Degrowth
  1. Continued energy growth, irrespective of the source, could lead to catastrophic levels of waste heat.
  2. Global economic growth at 2.3% annually may hit a saturation point in 200 years due to resource constraints.
  3. Physical limits to growth, driven by raw physics, will eventually necessitate radical changes to current economic, political, and social systems.
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Appitalism

471 implied HN points • 24 Apr 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Ecology Sustainability Renewables Conservation
  1. Progress should focus on fundamental advancements, like clean water and mass vaccination programs.
  2. Relying on one-and-done technological fixes in crises may lead to temporary relief but not long-term solutions.
  3. Sustainable progress requires system change that respects nature and natural limits, not just technological tweaks.

The Displacement

334 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23
🌍 World Politics Displacement Climate migration
  1. More people are forcibly displaced now than ever before in human history due to reasons like climate breakdown and conflict.
  2. The global population percentage of people forcibly displaced has been steadily increasing over the past 50 years.
  3. The rise in mass displacement is a result of a post-governance age, where libertarian ideologies and lack of rules have contributed to the crisis.

Our health is the price of industrial capitalism

255 implied HN points • 21 Feb 23
🏥 Health & Wellness
  1. The rise in young adult cancer rates is a concerning warning sign of the impact of industrial capitalism on health.
  2. Global life expectancy is declining, and excess deaths persist despite the pandemic allegedly being over.
  3. Industrial society's practices, from pesticide use to plastics, may be contributing to the rise in cancer rates, highlighting the need for systemic change.

The Antonine Plague and a clue to the future

196 implied HN points • 14 Feb 23
  1. Global life expectancy has fallen for two years in a row due to the impact of covid, signaling a significant event.
  2. The response to the decline in life expectancy is hindered by existing neoliberal structures that prevent meaningful intervention.
  3. Historically, declines in life expectancy have preceded fundamental restructuring and have had significant political and societal implications.

Covid silence and how the media works

4 HN points • 24 May 23
  1. Media coverage doesn't always reflect the true importance of an issue.
  2. A large percentage of news stories originate from PR agencies.
  3. The media landscape around Covid has shifted from saturation to silence based on political and business influences.