From Watts Up With That?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12271005/Now-scientists-say-climate-change-making-BLIND.html

Hello dear readers, I hope you’re all wearing your sunglasses because today we’re exploring the latest outrageous claim in the ever-expanding climate change blame game: It’s making us blind!

Our friends up in the Great White North, specifically some researchers from the University of Toronto, have been poring over data from 1.7 million seniors across the US, and have come to the revolutionary conclusion that living in warmer regions is linked with higher chances of severe vision impairment.

Now, before we all start packing our bags and moving to Alaska, let’s take a moment to appreciate the absurdity of this new revelation.

To put it simply, the scientists found that folks residing in states with average temperatures above 60F, think Florida, Texas, and Georgia, are up to 50 percent more likely to suffer serious vision problems than those huddled in their igloos in the frigid regions of New York and Maine.

If you live in the slightly chillier climates of Virginia, Kentucky, and California, with temperatures between 55 and 59.99F, you can still expect a 24% uptick in eye problems.

And if you reside in places that hit the Goldilocks zone of 50 to 54.99F, well, you’re still 14 percent more likely to have vision problems.Now, I know what you’re thinking. Is it the tropical drinks causing these problems?

Perhaps it’s the excess of beach volleyball causing sand-in-eye incidents?

Or maybe it’s the squinting at the sun glinting off the ocean waves?But no! According to our trusty scientists, this may be due to…wait for it… climate change!

Because, as we all know, there’s nothing that climate change can’t be blamed for.

The researchers, with their scholarly caution, admit that their study is “observational” and therefore, cannot definitively prove that warmer temperatures are leading to vision problems.

They assure us that further research is needed (of course it is, we need more grant money!).

Despite this glaring caveat, they still go on to suggest a plethora of theories on how warmer weather might be upping the risk of vision issues.

Increased exposure to ultraviolet light, higher chances of catching an eye-infecting fungus, and more pollutants in the air due to the heat are among the culprits on their list.With each passing day, it seems climate change is gifted with a new superpower.

And if this trend continues, I wouldn’t be surprised if we soon find out that climate change is also responsible for lost car keys and mismatched socks.Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for taking care of our planet, but these increasingly wild climate change accusations continue to strain credulity far past the breaking point.

Maybe it’s time to take a step back, don our sunglasses, and view these findings with a bit of skepticism, wouldn’t you agree?

I can’t wait for the next enlightening revelation. In the meantime, stay cool or risk becoming blind, I guess?

HT/Cam_S, Lee