CDC says Americans should ditch public transit for cars because of the coronavirus, and it could push emissions higher than ever
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising Americans to drive to work instead of taking public transit or carpooling.It counters what scads of public health and environmental programs have advocated for decades. The federal government would like companies to incentivize driving to work — preferably alone. on how to adapt to the return of working outside of the home, a practice largely nixed since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March.
Getting to work without close contact with others, such as through public transit or ride sharing, is preferred, the CDC says. This would help slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has already killed more than 100,000 Americans in 2020. However, commuting via carpooling and mass transit is what public health and environmental officials have pushed for decades in order to ease congestion and mitigate the effects of catastrophic climate change.irreversible ice-melt flooding cities worldwide, record-breaking temperatures, more destructive hurricanes and storms, and water shortages.
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