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As Wildfire Season Nears, Pulmonologists Fear Smoke Will Worsen COVID-19 Symptoms (CA)

from Serialpressit, July 29, 2020

As Wildfire Season Nears, Pulmonologists Fear Smoke Will Worsen COVID-19 Symptoms (CA) Serialpressit, July 29, 2020 Vast swaths of California are being enveloped in smoke as wildfire season starts anew. In northern California, evacuation orders took effect on Monday in northeastern Siskiyou County as the Caldwell Fire spread. On Tuesday, winds pushed smoke from a massive structure fire in San Francisco to the East Bay. These are but two of many fires burning across the state — the presence of which has heightened fears that the intersection of two crises, wildfire season and COVID-19, will worsen both. Indeed, as the Golden State experiences record increases in coronavirus cases, pulmonologists are concerned about how the next few months will play out. READ MORE

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