In 2020, we’ve asked leading scientists and activists around the world about the relationship of air pollution and COVID-19. Have their predictions come true after more than three years from the beginning of the pandemic?
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Coronavirus and Air Pollution – update
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday (May 5) that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern. In 2020, as Airly, we investigated the links between COVID-19 and air pollution. In a series of video interviews, we asked leading scientists from around the world about their predictions about the pandemic, and about the impact of air pollution on exacerbating COVID-19 symptoms. What did they say then? Did their predictions come true?
AirTalks on COVID-19 and air pollutions
The interviews are concise and full of great takeaways. If you are curious, you can watch every episode so far of AirTalks by Airly here:
Dario Caro, Aarhus University
Jenny Bates, Friends of the Earth
Saskia Heijnen, Clean Air Fund
Eri Saikawa, Emory University
Dr. Ron Dembo, riskthinking.AI
Paul Monks, University of Leicester
Jyoti Pande Lavakare, Care for Air
Beth Gardiner, “The Guardian”, “National Geographic”
Oriol Teixidó, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD)