Google News today is promoting an article in which a klutz in Washington state stumbled into a hornets’ nest, got stung, and then blamed global warming.
In reality, hornets have always existed in Washington state, and a person stumbling into a hornets’ nest and getting stung has absolutely no connection with global warming.
The website Crosscut published an article today titled, “Covering climate change means watching the Washington you love fade away.” Google News is promoting the article at the top of its search results for “climate change.”
The article begins with the author recounting how she recently stumbled into a hornets’ nest and got stung.
The author claimed she had never been stung by a hornet before in Washington state, and immediately blamed climate change for the hornets existing there and stinging her.
However, as shown in the image below – presented by Wikipedia – bald-faced hornets are quite widespread and are more prolific in cooler areas to the north of Washington.
Given this fact, it is quite dubious that global warming made the hornet nest any more likely to exist when the author clumsily stumbled into it.
Taking her global warming speculation and scapegoating still further, the author claimed global warming is making the West Nile virus more likely in Washington.
However, the Washington State Department of Health reports there has been only one case of West Nile virus in Washington this year.
This follows just two cases in 2020 and five cases in 2019. If there is any trend of West Nile virus in Washington state, it is a trend of declining cases.
Nationally, U.S. Centers for Disease Control data show no worsening trend in West Nile virus cases, either. The most annual cases were reported nearly 20 years ago, in 2003.
Blaming global warming for all manner of unpleasant things has become a knee-jerk habit among many people.
Blaming global warming for a klutz stumbling into a hornets’ nest and getting stung is now one of those examples. In reality, this example illustrates how anti-science such global warming claims are.
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This is a typical example of blaming anything that is bad on climate change. This is done with no knowledge of the subject. I would like to point out that despite their reputation most species of hornets are basically peaceful creatures. They will defend their nests and no one can blame them for that. One year I had a hornet nest on my front porch all summer. People came and went and were never bothered. I have had friends who had the same experience.
This article nails how ignorant people are about nature and their surroundings. Wasps have been biting the unwary since time inmemorial, climate fantasy has nothing to do with it.