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How much air conditioning usage actually prevents heat deaths?

How much air conditioning usage actually prevents heat deaths?WorldPing

How protective is air conditioning in preventing deaths amid soaring temperatures and record heat levels? Yale researchers found that AC use cut the number of annual heat-related deaths by half in the U.S., saving more than 5,000 lives a year.

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