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Won’t that just drive it underground? Then nobody would even know where it started when the next outbreak happens.

• CydeWeys 7y ago
  Don't underestimate how effectively a totalitarian and surveillance state like China can be in discouraging behaviors they don't want. People aren't willing to risk their lives just to eat exotic animals. And that could be what's at stake here; witness what happened to some of the people involved in the melamine baby milk formula scandal.
  • verroq 7y ago
    Seems like they are already risking their lives eating exotic animals.
    • ddalex 7y ago
      Thinking that the wild animals are more healthy
• csomar 7y ago
  You can drive it underground because, I think, the problem is coming from having too many animals/people in a small crowded place. If people were to raise their own cattle it'd be much healthier[-]. - Not really an expert, might be wrong.
• apta 7y ago
  That's a very western-centric view of things. I'm assuming trying to draw parallels from happened when the US tried alcohol prohibition, which failed partially due to government greed. These things can be effective in other cultures, especially when people believe in the cause (e.g. see how quickly and efficiently alcohol consumption practically ceased overnight in Islamic history).