What if we humans protect ourselves from climate change as casually we protect from Coronavirus?

What if we humans protect ourselves from climate change as carelessly as we protect from Coronavirus?

Some of the world's countries, states and cities are responding with selfish disdain for "shelter in place."



What if this spring's selfish absence of "community altruism" for Coronavirus replicates for the next 15 years for reducing climate change? The virus only kills humans. But, climate change will kill all living things of "Half Earth" and then the other half if we humans continue to behave all this century as we are doing now.
Comparing the nation’s mass movements, Washington, D.C., gets an A, while Wyoming state earns an F. Highest scoring _states_ are AL, NV, RI, NJ, D.C. while lowest scoring states are OR, NM, MT, ID, WY. Washington state scores a 'B.'
California earns a 'B' among the 50 states overall. But, interestingly, the five highest scoring _counties_ in the US are all in western, coastal CA, while the five lowest scoring counties in the US are in central/rural CA.
(Original, full detailed data: https://bit.ly/3afIoJj )
On Tuesday, a company called Unacast (unacast.com) that collects and analyzes phone GPS location data launched a “Social Distancing Scoreboard” that grades, county by county, which residents are changing behavior at the urging of health officials. It uses the reduction in the total distance we travel as a rough index for whether we’re staying put at home.

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