That populst narrative is popular among the non college educated.

Climate change will make that populist narrative less impactful.

SIBERIA HIT 100.4 F today. This time of year This Siberian town is usually 60 F. It is hundreds of miles farther north than Anchorage
and the US is in an all time high heat wave. This pandemic did decrease CO2 by 8% but we need 50% reductions for a turn around by 2050.

So my friends, runaway global warming is here. It is dire, dismal and more fatal than any Pandemic.

Denial on one hand and hope on the other are both ineffective in changing the fate of the Earth. It is remarkable that people did this and not a greater power like the Sun in or evolution.