Begging news outlets to stop illustrating deadly heat waves with happy beach fun ๐๏ธ๐ and life-saving vaccines with terrifying needle assaults ๐๐ญ. Especially on social media (where many/most people get their news) the photo is the most prominent part of the story; these choices undermine it completely
Katie Mack
FFS I thought we'd moved past the ignorance of illustrating stories about deadly heatwaves with photos of people frolicking at the beach/in lakes/in fountains.
Heatwaves are the deadliest agents of climate change. They kill nearly half a million people each year, and that's only going to increase.