{"id":273254,"date":"2023-08-13T18:15:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T16:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=273254"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T16:15:52","slug":"winter-cold-darkness-kill-while-summer-heat-and-sun-save-lives-data-clearly-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=273254","title":{"rendered":"Winter Cold, Darkness Kill, While Summer Heat And Sun Save Lives Data Clearly Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By\u00a0P Gosselin<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>11. August 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cold and stupid policies are the real killers, not heat<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

German data from\u00a0Bestattungen.de<\/a>\u00a0(Funerals.de) show that far more people die from cold winter weather than they do from hot summer weather<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lately in Germany there\u2019s been a coordinated disinformation campaign by policymakers and the media. all aimed at getting people to believe that summer heat is the real killer. And so, during heat waves, governments should declare states of emergency and usher restrictions, which could entail cancelling large outdoor events like festivals and sports matches, driving bans and lockdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all about saving thousands of lives and ensuring your safety, they (falsely) claim! And never mind that the mean summer temperature in Germany is under a comparatively cool 20\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the focus on the dangers of summertime warmth seems odd, especially when most of us look forward to this season the most and dread the horrible long winters, a time when people are forced to spend so much time confined inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter kills, summer saves lives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I came across a report from\u00a0Bestattungen.de<\/a>\u00a0(Funerals.de), a site that of course would be familiar with the business and statistics of dying. Clearly cold winter temperatures are far more dangerous than warm summer temperatures, according to their data:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image: Besttatungen.de (translated in the English).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the chart shows, mortality is 9.7% above the mean in the dead of winter, February, and is 7.1% below the mean right after Germans have been exposed to 3 summer months of now \u201cdeadly heat\u201d. In fact, all the mortal suffering begins to end only once the temperatures finally warm up in April. Of course the report isn\u2019t so recent, but we can rest assured that the mortality behavior hasn\u2019t changed that much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data also suggest how crucial Vitamin D is.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data also suggests the power of vitamin D. Fully tanked up on this crucial nutrient, people are much more resistant to infections and disease well into the fall. By mid winter, once vitamin D levels become depleted, far more become prone to disease, many experts say. This is why so many advised taking vitamin D during the COVID \u201cpandemic\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following table shows the ranking, from the most deadly month to the least deadly month:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Summer saves lives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, the bitter cold months of January and February are the real killers, while the summer months are the real life savers. It\u2019s absolutely idiotic of policymakers to be focused and obsessed on summer heat plans. The only heat plan people need is:\u00a0Get outside, take off your clothes and enjoy the hot weather!<\/em>\u00a0Shade and cold water is all you need to cool off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Bestattungen.de:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The German Weather Service sees weather-related factors as the main reasons for the variance in mortality risk.\u00a0<\/em>Damp, cold air increases the risk of aggravating existing illnesses.<\/strong>\u00a0Respiratory diseases in particular can become\u00a0<\/em>more severe in the winter months<\/strong>. Heart attacks can also be triggered by the weather.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Other factors also include psychological aspects and the lack of daylight and its associated \u201cwinter depression\u201d increased melatonin and reduced serotonin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need a \u201cstupid-policy-protection plan\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We really need to ask ourselves and policymakers: Why is heating fuel being made so expensive when we know that it would save a lot more lives? Stupid government policy is what\u2019s killing people, and not the life-saving German summers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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