>>This is uselessly dismissive and overlooks that this is one of the worst heat waves in years.

and yet the article says that 5X as many people die on the colder days, then on the warmer days - wouldn't the average temperature going up be a net positive for temperature related deaths?

I hate articles like this - very heavy on the opinion/advocacy, and very light on any real facts.

80% of the temperature deaths are happening on the cold days, but the whole article is basically saying the temperature going up is the problem.

"" Although deaths on extremely cold days—about 785,000—were much higher than those on extremely hot days—about 103,000—overall there were more days with intense cold, which could explain this difference. """