I chose to base my project about the article “Coronavirus Holds Key Lessons on How to Fight Climate Change” by Beth Gardiner. I chose to make more of an informational sign to really explain the similarities that the writer expresses between COVID and climate change.
The blurb reads: Scientists had warned people about the intensity of this virus, but political figures did not seem to pay much attention to it. The belated response to the pandemic has caused the whole society to shift completely. Schools are shut down, quarantine is in effect, jobs are closed, people must wear masks when they leave their houses and stay six feet apart—all of these measures are now in effect in an attempt to slow down the growth of this exponentially growing crisis. We’ve started to take measures we’ve thought for a long time to be infeasible—but there is no other option remaining. All of this is because we did not pay enough attention for the intensity of the virus in the first place. Government authorities played it off and even attempted to cut funding for the CDC. However, this changed very quickly as government officials put stringent orders in place, but that doesn’t bring back the lives lost that could have been saved. Now, if we replaced the word Coronavirus with Climate Change, would we get the same response? The Climate Change crisis is oddly similar to the Coronavirus pandemic. If we do not take imminent action, we will be in even more danger than we already are.
