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Keeping live animals for long periods of times in close proximity to food is a recipe for pandemics. This is the 4th caused under such circumstances in recent m
by enchiridion 7y ago
Keeping live animals for long periods of times in close proximity to food is a recipe for pandemics. This is the 4th caused under such circumstances in recent memory.
Closing the markets is the most straightforward solution. We must be decisive about this, it's the only reasonable option.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoKeeping live animals in markets is not the issue. They don't keep live fruit bats in African markets. Ebola happened nonetheless. In fact, keeping live animals is a very sensible thing to do when there is no cold chain. It is the traditional way to insure that the meat you buy is safe(ish).