Do you think the long-term goals of cleaner air are worth some sacrifice? Do you think that the increasing number and severity of fires in parts of the world are something to address other than one-at-a-time? It's kind of like asking if it's better to try to prevent crime, or simply catch the criminals and imprison them. Or to prevent disease (even if through uncomfortable means by exercise and eating less junk food), rather than taking metformin every day.
Yeah, there are pills to fix these things for short-term comfort, but they're stopgap solutions. Prevention is nearly always better. And there will always be incidences that escape prevention -- there are diabetics who have lived healthy lives, days with bad pollution in California, and criminals. Just fewer of them -- compare, for example, the number of bad pollution days in LA with New Delhi, or the incidence of adult-onset diabetes in Mississippi with that of the 7th-Day Adventist communities.
Wendy P.