Media: Another fake “died from heat” story
Tour guide collapses and dies in sweltering Rome heat
Giovanna Maria Giammarino died of a suspected heart attack during a guide shift in 31C heat at the Colosseum on Tuesday (19 August).
The 56-year-old collapsed in the amphitheatre at around 6pm and could not be revived.
31C is about 87 degrees F – this was the high temperature for the day, but it was 82 degrees at 6pm according to weather data for August 19th:
While high temperatures can be a factor in heart issues, that does not seem likely at 82 degrees F which is an ordinary summer temperature. Perhaps it was instantaneously warmer in some locales (always possible).
The media blames this death on heat – and thence, climate change. One would think story tellers would ask about the temperature at 6 pm and cross check the data. In fact, she was goiugn up stairs when she had a heart attack (Guide collapses and dies in front of horrified tourists she was showing around Rome’s iconic Colosseum | The Sun)
The media has done this before: Climate: We don’t know the cause of death but it was definitely climate – Social Panic. As I documented:
The first paragraph: “While authorities are still investigating what caused a Disney runner to die, it’s possible that heat played a factor in the young man’s death. Temperatures were in the triple digits on the day that he died. In fact, he even complained about the heat shortly before his death.”
Except those statements are not true. In fact, the run started at 5 AM when the temperature was in the low 70s. He had complained about running in the heat on days BEFORE the race.
The story says he went into cardiac arrest – which is not how heat exhaustion -> heat stroke normally work – particularly since it was only in the mid-70s at the time this occurred – a critical fact omitted from the news story.
Journalists lie. All. The. Time.
Here is another example, but this time, it was my Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR, D-MA) who played this sleight of hand. NOTE – high temperature of 107 degrees, but this photo was taken in the early morning, which is indicated by the long shadows. It was still hot – in the 90s – but not 107 degrees at the time this photo was taken (yes, I could have not worn long pants either).
