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Los Angeles Times on Instagram: "All children 12 and older in Los Angeles public schools must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January to enter campus under a new order approved Thursday by the Board of Education.

L.A. schools Interim Supt. Megan K. Reilly estimated that about 225,000 students in grades 6 through 12 would fall under the policy. District officials estimate that roughly 80,000 students are not yet vaccinated.

Students who are not vaccinated by the deadline will not be allowed on campus. The alternative for them would be to enter remote learning through independent study, a program that was overwhelmed at the start of the school year when more than 10,000 students signed up.

Link in bio for more."

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20K likes, 1,259 comments - latimes on September 9, 2021: "All children 12 and older in Los Angeles public schools must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19..."

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The New York Times on Instagram: "The United States grew significantly more diverse over the past decade, as the populations of people who identified as Hispanic and Asian surged and the number of people who said they were more than one race increased, the Census Bureau reported on Thursday.

Overall population growth slowed dramatically over the past decade. The growth that did occur — an increase of about 23 million people — was made up entirely of people who identified as Hispanic, Asian, Black and more than one race, according to the data, the first racial and ethnic breakdown from the 2020 census.

The white population in the U.S., for the first time on record, declined over the course of the decade. People who identify themselves as white on the census form have been decreasing as a share of the country’s population since the 1960s, when the United States opened up more widely to immigrants outside of Europe.

That drop was driven in part by the aging of the white population and a sharp decline in the birthrate.

The single biggest increase was among people who identified as more than one race, a category that first appeared on census forms 20 years ago, and now is the fastest growing racial and ethnic category. That population more than doubled.

The top five largest cities in the country are now New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix. Philadelphia is now the sixth largest city, bumped from fifth by Phoenix, which was the fastest growing of the top 20 largest cities.

Tap the link in our bio to read more about the 2020 census."

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30K likes, 602 comments - nytimes on August 12, 2021: "The United States grew significantly more diverse over the past decade, as the populations of peo..."

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The New York Times on Instagram: "A Texas law prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy went into effect on Wednesday after the Supreme Court did not act on a request to block it, ushering in the most restrictive abortion law in the nation and prompting clinics in the state to turn away women seeking the procedure.⁣
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The justices may still rule on the request, which is just an early step in what is expected to be an extended legal battle over the law. In the meantime, access to abortion in Texas has become extremely limited, the latest example of a Republican-led state imposing new constraints on ending pregnancies.⁣
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The law, known as Senate Bill 8, amounts to a nearly complete ban on abortion in Texas. It will further fuel legal and political battles over the future of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion. The law makes no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from incest or rape.⁣
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In an emergency application urging the justices to intervene, abortion providers in the state wrote that the law “would immediately and catastrophically reduce abortion access in Texas, barring care for at least 85% of Texas abortion patients (those who are six weeks pregnant or greater) and likely forcing many abortion clinics ultimately to close.”⁣
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Supreme Court precedents forbid states from banning abortion before the point at which fetuses can sustain life outside the womb, or about 22 to 24 weeks.⁣
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But the Texas law was drafted to make it difficult to challenge in court. Usually, a lawsuit seeking to block a law because it is unconstitutional would name state officials as defendants. But the Texas law bars state officials from enforcing it and instead deputizes private individuals to sue anyone who performs the procedure, or “aids and abets” it.⁣
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Tap the link in our bio to read more about the near-total abortion ban in Texas. ⁣"

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108K likes, 5,187 comments - nytimes on September 1, 2021: "A Texas law prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy went into effect on Wed..."

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The Guardian US on Instagram: "New York governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned following an investigation by the state attorney general that found he sexually harassed multiple women, most of whom worked for him, and also retaliated after some made complaints.

The Democratic governor had lost the support of the party establishment, with Joe Biden calling on Cuomo to resign following a damning report by the New York attorney general last week. 

Cuomo’s own No 2, the New York lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, had called his conduct “repulsive and unlawful”.

Cuomo had initially stood defiant on the day the New York attorney general, Letitia James, had announced the findings of a five-month investigation in which she concluded he had harassed 11 women and violated civil law against workplace misconduct.

The 63-year-old governor issued a video address shortly after James issued the report of the investigation, on Tuesday 3 August, in which he said: “I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances” and added “It’s just not who I am.

But his political future was dangling by a thread amid moves to impeach and force him from office by the New York legislative assembly.

Follow the link in our bio to read the full story."

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642 likes, 10 comments - guardian_us on August 10, 2021: "New York governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned following an investigation by the state attorney gene..."

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The New York Times on Instagram: "The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for people 16 and up, making it the first to move beyond emergency use status in the U.S.

The decision will set off a cascade of vaccine requirements by hospitals, colleges, corporations and other organizations. United Airlines recently announced that its employees would be required to show proof of vaccination within five weeks of regulatory approval. The Pentagon has said it would mandate the shots for the country’s 1.3 million active-duty troops once the Pfizer approval came through.

The approval comes as the nation’s fight against the pandemic has intensified again, with the highly infectious Delta variant reversing much of the progress that the country had made over the first half of the year. The Biden administration hopes the development will motivate at least some of the roughly 85 million unvaccinated Americans who are eligible for shots to get them.

Pfizer said it presented the FDA with data from 44,000 clinical trial participants in the U.S., the European Union, Turkey, South Africa and South America. The company said the data showed the vaccine was 91% effective in preventing infection — a slight drop from the 95% efficacy rate that the data showed when the FDA decided to authorize the vaccine for emergency use in December. Pfizer said the decrease reflected the fact that researchers had more time to catch people who became infected.

Tap the link in our bio for the latest in this developing story."

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127K likes, 1,674 comments - nytimes on August 23, 2021: "The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavir..."

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NowThis on Instagram: "Airbnb announced on Tuesday that it would be providing free temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees globally. 

'In this past week, it has become abundantly clear that the displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees here in the United States and elsewhere is a significant humanitarian crisis – and in the face of this need, our community is ready to once again step up,' said Airbnb in a statement. Airbnb said it was working with resettlement agencies to find housing for the refugees. 

Airbnb says that it was able to relocate 165 Afghan refugees into temporary housing over the weekend upon their arrival in the U.S. Airbnb has not specified how long housing will be available for the refugees. Still, a company representative said hosts could provide short-term and long-term stays to refugees, per Insider. 

Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated and/or aided in the evacuation of approximately 58,700 people from Afghanistan, per CBS News. However, thousands more Afghan civilians are still attempting to escape the country.

#airbnb #afghanistan #refugees"

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31K likes, 302 comments - nowthisnews on August 24, 2021: "Airbnb announced on Tuesday that it would be providing free temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan r..."

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The New York Times on Instagram: "The daily average for hospitalized Covid-19 patients in the U.S. is now more than 100,000 over the last week. That average is higher than in any previous surge except last winter’s, before most Americans were eligible to get vaccinated.

The influx of patients is straining hospitals and pushing health care workers to the brink as deaths have risen to an average of more than 1,000 a day for the first time since March. The seven-day average of Covid hospitalizations peaked in mid-January with nearly 140,000 people hospitalized.

Hospitalizations nationwide have increased by nearly 500% in the past two months, particularly across Southern states, where ICU beds are filling up, a crisis fueled by some of the country’s lowest vaccination rates and widespread political opposition to public health measures like mask requirements.

In Florida, 16,457 people are hospitalized, the most of any state, followed by Texas, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Tap the link in our bio for the latest on the coronavirus pandemic."

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26K likes, 747 comments - nytimes on August 30, 2021: "The daily average for hospitalized Covid-19 patients in the U.S. is now more than 100,000 over th..."

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NowThis Politics on Instagram: "A new report from Stop AAPI Hate found that 2021 is on track to see more anti-Asian hate crimes than last year, despite efforts from activists and politicians to raise awareness about—and condemn— such attacks. ⁠
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According to the report, more than 9,000 cases of racially motivated attacks were reported between March 19, 2020, and June 30, 2021. In the last 3 months of the recorded period, the number of cases skyrocketed from 6,603 to 9,081. The U.S. seems likely to surpass last year’s number of recorded incidents of anti-Asian sentiments and assaults, with 4,548 of those cases occurring in 2020 and 4,533 cases in 2021 already. ⁠
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An initial spike in anti-Asian hate crimes began when former President Donald Trump and other politicians used China as a scapegoat for the coronavirus pandemic, spewing racist rhetoric while referring to the COVID-19 virus. Stop AAPI Hate co-founder Manjusha Kulkarni said that as U.S. society reopens, there are increased opportunities for public attacks. The majority of the reported hate incidents involved verbal harassment and shunning. Physical assaults were the third most-reported offenses, jumping from 10.8% in last year’s reports to 16.6% so far in 2021.⁠
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#stopaapihate #stopasianhate #hatecrimes"

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4,317 likes, 148 comments - nowthispolitics on August 13, 2021: "A new report from Stop AAPI Hate found that 2021 is on track to see more anti-Asian hate crimes t..."

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The New York Times on Instagram: "Across the city, New Yorkers documented the scene on Wednesday evening as flood waters overwhelmed buses and subways.

Over a single hour — between 8:51 and 9:51 p.m. — Central Park recorded 3.15 inches of rain, smashing a record set only last week, when 1.94 inches of rain fell in the park during Tropical Storm Henri. The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency in New York City for the first time.

City buses turned into amphibious vehicles, plowing through several feet of water. Subway stations roared with the sounds of rushing water that cascaded through platforms and down the stairs and, in parts of Brooklyn, cars moved through lakes of mud-brown water that lapped at the feet of brownstones.

Nearly every subway line in the city was shut down, and Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency, citing the “record-breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads.”

At least 14 people died in the New York area as waters rose in basements. A tornado in southern New Jersey leveled a stretch of houses. Some drivers have reportedly been stranded since Wednesday night, more than 200,000 homes in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania remain without power, and states of emergency have been declared across the region.

Tap the link in our bio for the latest in this developing story."

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187K likes, 3,352 comments - nytimes on September 2, 2021: "Across the city, New Yorkers documented the scene on Wednesday evening as flood waters overwhelme..."

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NowThis on Instagram: "On Monday, the FBI released its annual ‘Hate Crime Statistics’ report and found that there was a significant uptick in hate crimes in 2020, most prominently against Black and Asian Americans. ⁠
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In compiling data from 15,000+ local law enforcement agencies, the FBI identified 7,759 hate crimes, an increase of almost 450 over 2019’s findings. 2020’s total tally also saw the highest number of incidents since 2008, which recorded 7,783. Moreover, the FBI’s 2020 stats are likely to be an undercount, given that more than 3,000 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. did not submit crime statistics.⁠
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The FBI data shows that crimes targeting Black people increased from 1,930 to 2,755, a 40% increase from 2019. The amount targeting people of Asian descent leaped to 158 to 274, a 70% rise. When it came to the racial background of alleged hate crime perpetrators, the report identified 3,633 hate crimes by white suspects, 1,309 by Black suspects, and 1,080 cases of suspects of unknown racial backgrounds.⁠
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Rep. Judy Chu, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, told the Washington Post that the numbers in the FBI report are not even close to the complete picture. Hate crimes against the Asian American community, specifically, saw a rise coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, ignited in large part by the rhetoric of conservative leaders like former President Donald Trump who blamed China for the virus. According to Stop AAPI Hate, 6,600+ hate incidents against Asian people were reported from March 2020 to March 2021. In April, President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bill that created mechanisms to improve law enforcement’s ability to identify and investigate hate crimes.⁠
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#stophate #hatecrimes #covid19"

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13K likes, 186 comments - nowthisnews on August 31, 2021: "On Monday, the FBI released its annual ‘Hate Crime Statistics’ report and found that there wa..."

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The Guardian US on Instagram: "Can you feel her joy through the screen?

Zaila Avant-garde twirled and leaped with excitement after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, became the first African American winner and only the second Black champion in the bee’s 96-year history.

She jumped and spun around after spelling the winning word, “murraya”, a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees.

Zaila has described spelling as a side hobby, although she routinely practised for seven hours a day.

As well as being a spelling champion, she's also a basketball prodigy who hopes to play some day in the WNBA – and holds three Guinness world records for dribbling multiple balls simultaneously."

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1,617 likes, 40 comments - guardian_us on July 9, 2021: "Can you feel her joy through the screen?

Zaila Avant-garde twirled and leaped with excitement af..."

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The New York Times on Instagram: "After 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan, the country is now in the Taliban’s hands.⁣
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The last vestiges of the American presence in Afghanistan departed the Kabul airport on Monday, ending an occupation that resulted in a complete takeover of the country by the adversary the U.S. military spent two decades fighting, American officials said.⁣
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In recent days, American military leaders said the U.S. would continue evacuation efforts and fully withdraw troops by the deadline of Aug. 31. But those efforts were wrapped up a full day early.⁣
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Evacuation flights ended on Monday, and the military finished packing everything onto transport planes before loading the remaining U.S. service members onto planes for departure.⁣
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Control of the airport was left in the hands of the Taliban, who said they were still working on the shape of their new government.⁣
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A few hundred people were waiting outside the airport perimeter on Monday evening, but were kept at a distance by Taliban fighters guarding the area. Around 1,200 people had been airlifted from Kabul in the previous 24 hours, a White House spokeswoman said early Monday morning.⁣
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That leaves behind at least 100,000 people, by one estimate, and possibly many more who might be eligible for an expedited U.S. visa, and who fear staying in a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Many are former interpreters for the U.S. military who are in some stage of the process to receive a Special Immigrant Visa, and who fear they are at immediate risk of being killed by the Taliban.⁣
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Tap the link in our bio for the latest from Afghanistan. Photo by @jimhuylebroek"

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25K likes, 478 comments - nytimes on August 30, 2021: "After 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan, the country is now in the Taliban’s hands.⁣
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NowThis Politics on Instagram: "The 2020 U.S. Census just dropped — and it offers a clear glimpse into how diverse and multiracial America continues to become.⁠
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People that identified as non-Hispanic white fell from 63.7% in 2010 to 57.8% in 2020. According to the Washington Post, this year's census marks the first time 'the absolute number of people who identify as White alone has shrank since a census started being taken in 1790.' Additionally, people who identified as white in combination with some other race grew by 316%.⁠
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'In the 2020 Census for all race groups, the 'in combination' multiracial populations accounted for most of the overall changes in each racial category,' Nicholas Jones, director and senior adviser of Race and Ethnic Research and Outreach for the Census Bureau, told NBC News. 'These changes reveal that the U.S. population is much more multiracial, and much more racially and ethnically diverse than what we measured in the past.'⁠
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While the data to be gleaned from this census is illuminating, it is not perfect and it is not comprehensive. The current parameters of the census are still inadequate at properly counting America's LGBTQ+ population and people who identify with having roots in the Middle East or North Africa. On the former, the census doesn't inquire about an individual's sexual orientation and gender identity, but it introduced new questions to account for cohabiting same-sex couples. On the latter, people with 'origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa' are officially categorized as 'white' in federal data about race and ethnicity. MENA groups in the U.S. have long pushed for a check box of their own on census forms.⁠
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#2020 #census #2020census #america #american #diversity"

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22K likes, 540 comments - nowthispolitics on August 13, 2021: "The 2020 U.S. Census just dropped — and it offers a clear glimpse into how diverse and multirac..."

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The Guardian US on Instagram: "On the first day of Pride month, the governor of Florida signed a law banning transgender girls from joining girls’ sports teams in schools and colleges. It was just one of 13 anti-trans bills conservative lawmakers in the US passed this year – and one of more than 110 proposed bills, many of which also target access to gender-affirming healthcare. This is by far the largest number filed in a single year in US history.

Guardian US correspondent Sam Levin and Prof Jules Gill-Peterson, a historian and expert on trans kids, examine how this legislative attack has escalated and how the presence of trans kids in the US is not a new phenomenon

Video: @chworchi + @nikhitachulani

In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. Other international helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org"

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118 likes, 4 comments - guardian_us on June 28, 2021: "On the first day of Pride month, the governor of Florida signed a law banning transgender girls f..."

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NowThis Politics on Instagram: "Kathy Hochul became the first woman governor of New York this morning following the resignation of Andrew Cuomo on Monday.

Hochul became lieutenant governor of New York in 2015 and previously represented the state's 26th Congressional District from 2011 to 2013, serving on the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees. 

In a Twitter post, she said she was ‘honored to be officially sworn in.’ She held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony later Tuesday morning and will deliver an address to the people of New York in the afternoon.

#kathyhochul #newyork #politics"

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6,271 likes, 31 comments - nowthispolitics on August 24, 2021: "Kathy Hochul became the first woman governor of New York this morning following the resignation o..."

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NowThis Politics on Instagram: "Texas' new restrictive abortion law took effect Wednesday following the Supreme Court's inaction on a request to block it. The Supreme Court could still rule on the emergency application from abortion providers, but for now, Texas will prohibit most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and allow private citizens to sue anyone that assists a pregnant person with an abortion, including giving them a ride to a clinic. The anti-abortion law is one of the most restrictive in the country.⁠
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#texas #abortion #scotus #supremecourt #politics"

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7,772 likes, 481 comments - nowthispolitics on September 1, 2021: "Texas' new restrictive abortion law took effect Wednesday following the Supreme Court's inaction ..."

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NowThis on Instagram: "A new report finds that air pollution is killing people at a faster rate than smoking, car crashes, or HIV/AIDS. Prof. Michael Greenstone at the University of Chicago and his colleagues developed the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), which looks at the death rates in certain areas compared to their respective levels of air pollution. The research shows that people living in polluted areas have a higher propensity for heart and lung problems, which has been cutting short the lives of billions of people by up to 6 years. ⁠
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'Coal is the source of the problem in most parts of the world,' said Greenstone, via The Guardian. 'If these [health] costs were embedded in prices, coal would be uncompetitive in almost all parts of the world.'⁠
The report says residents in India are the most adversely affected by air pollution, with the average citizen losing an estimated 6 years off their lives due to it. In China, air pollution can cut off an estimated 2.6 years from an average resident's longevity.⁠
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#airpollution #airquality #pollution #smoke #smog"

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33K likes, 254 comments - nowthisnews on September 1, 2021: "A new report finds that air pollution is killing people at a faster rate than smoking, car crashe..."