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Previous viruses came from pigs and chicken and cows. Unless you also advise to stop eating those this just seems a bit of a stretch.
by vasco 7y ago
Previous viruses came from pigs and chicken and cows. Unless you also advise to stop eating those this just seems a bit of a stretch.
- nindalf 7y agoSir, do you have a minute to talk about our lord and saviour, veganism? I’m only half kidding. It makes sense to go vegan/vegetarian during an outbreak of diseases spread by consuming meat.
- 29athrowaway 7y agoThere is an enourmous effort put into ensuring the safety and quality of the meat products you have mentioned.
- ovx99 7y agoSeems like someone's never left a first-world country before...
- M2Ys4U 7y agoHah. The US poultry industry is so bad at looking after their animals they have to wash carcasses in chlorine to even _approach_ safe levels of pathogens like salmonella and campylobacter.
- vasco 7y agoI'd assume the effort is similar between bats and snakes being sold in an open air market in a Chinese village and chicken, pigs and cows being sold in an open air market in a Chinese village.
- coldcode 7y agoThe USDA is implementing a plan where the companies inspect themselves with little oversight from anyone. Maybe in Europe it's better.
- moab 7y agoThere's an interesting thought.