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heat in our cities, not only because of climate change but because of our development patterns, with less vegetation, less trees, more pavements. this is something that both david and i are working on in our cities to really ramp up the number of tree canopy focusing on those areas that needed the most. the areas with our highest urban heat islands are well documented to be also where we have the most people showing up for emergency visits for heat. wow. and just this weekend, our medical director saw elderly who had been waiting at a bus stop in the emergency room. and just waiting it, from waiting at the bus stop so, it s definitely infrastructure. we need shelters in those bus stops. we need trees. so it is also making sure our

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