4 ms·
And also the most probable, especially given the diet in some of the regions. That said, some countries in Africa also eat bats and pangolin and Ebola came.
by mratsim 7y ago
And also the most probable, especially given the diet in some of the regions. That said, some countries in Africa also eat bats and pangolin and Ebola came.
- WorldMaker 7y agoDiet is most probably a giant red herring in all this. There's just no "right diet" if you want to avoid disease mutation. Mad Cow Disease, Salmonella, Avian Flu, Swine Flu, all of those and more have (and continue to) cross-infect our species from standard western diets. Several major western religions ban pork for "uncleanliness"/prone-to-disease, for what were once very good historical reasons. Even if this virus did have something to do with diet, the only rational response is to cut way back on all meat, not just "weird" meat to a Western view, because it isn't just "rodents" or "ugly animals" that mutate these sorts of virus, because we've seen it with pigs, chickens, cows, etc. Probably no one wants mandatory veganism, but that's nearly the only "safe" option if you want to demand we track regional diets. (Even then you get things like salmonella cross-infections from fertilizers used in vegetable farming. There's no 100% safe diet. Life, uh, finds a way.)
- atomi 7y agoWe regularly euthanize diseased pigs and chickens because of viral outbreaks - sometimes millions at a time. We would do well to try not eating so much animal protein.