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African swine fever keeps spreading in Asia, threatening food security
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- jjtheblunt 7y agoSounds like an opportunity to shift eating habits towards vegetables/vegetarian if possible?
- Fjolsvith 7y agoPerhaps if you live in China?
- lostmsu 7y agoIn 2012 there were numerous occasions of swine fever in western Russia. I am not sure if it was the same kind. They also struggled to keep it under control.
- m0llusk 7y agoArguably the main issue here isn't the swine flu itself specifically, but the fact that currently dominant animal farming practices are fundamentally unsound and are excellent places for pathogens to evolve and spread quickly. Also, while China is particular bad in this respect many of the worst and riskiest animal farming practices are common globally including in Europe and the US. We really need to rethink animal farming if our goal is to have stable meat supplies, but then there are many reasons for that with environmental sustainability being possibly an even more serious related issue.
- bayareanative 7y agoThat's just one of the reasons why I don't eat meat: - pandemic risks - antibiotic resistance - air, water and ground pollution - climate change ... way down the list: - animal cruelty
- Fjolsvith 7y agoFound this video about China's overuse of antibiotics and how its now kicking them in the butt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ9bP6wo8rA&list=WL&index=49&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ9bP6wo8rA&list=WL&index=49...
- jobigoud 7y agoHow can it threatens food security? People are only eating pigs?
- Fjolsvith 7y agoPork is the largest amount of meat consumed by the Chinese market.