jerry Valle

Commenting on today’s TV interview of David Wallace. Grok AI review of his facts: what he quoted of 350,000 Americans die prematurely is far far off any other estimate in the literature. Also reviewing the pathophysiology of pollution exposure and the controls for smokers and obesity and social economic status reveal the actual diminution and longevity was only 3.6 months and social economic group of minorities generally have shorter lives anyway so it’s hard to blame it on pollution. I think David Wallace‘s book is a gross exaggeration because of his beliefs that the carbon footprint is greatly exaggerated as an adversity to our health. Impacts children more than average age people and elderly but then packed on health and life is not nearly as great as David Wallace describes. The theory that the carbon footprint causes global warming is also very much dispute amongst scientists and that’s why the Trump administration has sidelined it. United States does a very good job with pollution control. China is the enemy of the world in this regard. I haven’t seen any good studies regarding plastics in our body and their negative affects but it should be done. Jerry Valle MD MPH Pulmonary critical care medicine