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by shawnb576 1608 days ago
The threshold is typically 106F "wet bulb", above which much exposure will kill people, literally begin to cook them. Many parts of the world are hitting this.

Examples:

[1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rising-temperatures-dying-...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/23/magazine/clim...

"Today 1% of the world is an unlivable hot zone, by 2070 it may be 19%"