What we do and do not know about the links between air pollution and COVID-19 (draft 2)
Lewis, an atmospheric scientist, reported in The conversion (2020) that connecting air pollution and coronavirus is superficial. He states that correlating the two “have often failed to take other geographically-connected factors into account”. He says that air pollution in rich countries is “usually a population-centred problem”, this close link between cities and air pollution makes it hard to identify how pollution effects the mortality of COVID-19. He then focuses on urban areas, stating that they face similar situations through the regular use of mass transit system. Air pollution data is one of the only legitimate data that is easily accessible, leading to one having the misconception that air pollution has a proportionate effect on COVID-19 while referring to that data. The writer believes that more datasets will appear in future to allow one to study the connections between air pollution and COVID-19. Until that happens, she believes that connecting the two is inaccurate.I agre...