Letter: Will we learn our lesson from this pandemic?

COVID-19 offers a lesson for climate change. Early warnings of the pandemic went unheeded, and thousands are losing their lives. Due to the virus, our economy is unstable and the supply of food and basic supplies in jeopardy. People are dying while we try to play catchup.Rather than call it a hoax, there were things we could have done to prepare, just as now is the time to attack global warming. Limiting the burning of fossil fuels is one of the most effective ways. Coal burning power plants and