Kristie Ebi, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, has been studying the human health impacts of climate change for decades. In an interview with e360, she makes a case for standardizing how heat deaths are reported and for additional investment in heat resilience.
Witnessed the aftermath of one such death a few weeks ago. Medics claimed it was a gas leak.
2nd floor apartment. No AC, no fans, elderly lady on oxygen in the middle of a two week long heat wave flirting with triple digits the whole time…
So unless they meant the oxygen tank was leaking, it was the heat.