Non sequitur

Theoretical deaths caused by warming environment will be offset by theoretical lives saved by warming environment.

Just look where the most humans live. The majority of humans live within the band I mentioned. What is even more interesting is that half of all human population actually lives in a narrow band 24 degrees from the Equator.
As the global temperature rises, much more areas will be opened up for *comfortable* human habitation.

Oh great! Vaccine development is so easy (and quick) when there's enough money involved! Look at how wonderful we do with the flu every year! :haha:

You do realize that 30 degrees from the equator encompasses half of the solid angle of a sphere?

We don't know if that's how it would work with an overall warming planet. Based on what's already occurring, it's not proportional increase across the globe. It's more likely significant increases at the poles and equator.

This statement shows a fundamental lack of understanding regarding basic biology. There are a huge number of different strains of the Influenza virus and RNA viruses like influenza mutate rapidly. This means it's not possible to have a single vaccine the way it is for DNA viruses like say small pox.

Doesn't have to be quick. If it takes decades, that's quick enough.

Exactly my point.

And there's tons of money for R&D of flu viruses every single year.

Social Darwinism then! Let the weak(er) perish! :cheers:

Again, my claim is that there is huge amount of surface area that is too cold for human habitation. I realize it is not the majority of the surface, but it is enough to offset the area lost due to rising sea levels elsewhere.

Nobody has to perish. Global climate change and animal/insect migration is a relatively slow process on the order of decades. Also, there will still be plenty of areas cold enough where these tropical diseases wouldn't matter. Maybe not Mississippi or Florida, but Chicago and Ontario will be just balmy.

Lol, I am amused by the optimism. We still don't have a vaccine for the plague, which killed half of Europe over 600 years ago.

Plague can be treated with antibiotics. It is irrelevant to climate change anyway. The hysteria is that places like Chicago, which will have Washington DC weather, will all of the sudden have malaria and Chagas or whatever. People in Washington DC are not having mass pandemic in 2019. We will be fine. It is not the end of the world.

I get what you're saying, but we're not seeing insect migration, in the case of emerging viruses in certain areas, to be very slow right now. The Mediterranean as an example. And outbreaks are not a slow process at all unfortunately. I'm not an alarmist by any means, however the strong potential for infectious disease aspect of a warming planet is something that is often not considered.

I am not disputing there will be no consequences to climate change. People will have to adjust. Heck, perhaps we will be relocating people from the Florida panhandle over the next 30-50 years as that area will slowly get flooded. We also will have to build additional anti-flood infrastructure in certain cities (NYC and Boston for example), which is completely technologically doable, even under the worst projections. But the whole doomsday hysteria that we have 12 years left (or is it 10 years now?) literally reminds me of those end of the world cults. Its just bullsh*t panic and alarmism.
I personally think plastic is a much bigger problem, and will be the next environmental frontier after we transition to renewable energy sources over the next 10-20 years.
This virus is so rare that almost no resources are put into research.

Yeah, the doomsday stuff is silly. And it distracts from looking at the real issues through a measured lens to determine best paths forward.

But mosquitos are the single biggest (animal) threat to humans. The more we are in contact with mosquitos, the greater our chances of mortality. This has been true for all of human history.

Well I guess that is the deal breaker for human civilization. We are all doomed. Time to build my climate change bunker and stock up on MREs!