This headline from 111 years ago shows that we've long known about global warming, but not that it'd be a problem.

People back then thought warmer temperatures would be a good thing.

Only in the last few decades have we appreciated the negative effects of climate change.

@davidho over 100 years of long flu too, only to usher in something far worse

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58726775

People also suffer 'long flu', study shows

Similar to Covid, other viruses can cause prolonged symptoms that take time to get over.

BBC News
@davidho
Here's another one from 1856...

@zl2tod @davidho

The English version is not yet available.. for French readers there is the excellent book 'Les révoltes du ciel - Une histoire du changement climatique XVe-XXe siècle' from Jean-Baptiste Fressoz et Fabien Locher … It made me change my perspective on that question.