[Coral-List] Take care in making attributions on the trigger for SCTLD

[Kaufman, Leslie S]

> Regarding the origin of SCTLD, it is important to keep things in perspective.  The notion that sediment disturbance could have triggered the coral disease syndrome SCTLD is a valid if yet unproven hypothesis.  For Port of Miami, so is the possibility of SCTLD being launched by the Miami sewer outfall and Miami River.  There may be other hypotheses as well.  The evidence is not nearly conclusive as yet in support of any particular hypothesis.  The real issue in Florida is the overall overdevelopment of the Kissimee ecosystem from Orlando to Key West, plus the failure to adequately consider the environment and marginalized people in development plans. There  may even be no plan other than get in, suck profits, get out. Environmental crusaders should stick with rigor to the data and be careful to choose the right enemy, unless the intent is really just to raise money to keep crusading.  That of course requires a simple story and a singular  target to make funders feel good.