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All the recent outbreaks of viruses like this have originated from East Asia. I really wouldnt give much praise to the great governing elite that failed to pre
by qplex 6y ago
All the recent outbreaks of viruses like this have originated from East Asia.
I really wouldnt give much praise to the great governing elite that failed to prevent this in the first place, despite scientists telling them about it a long time ago.
- treis 6y ago>All the recent outbreaks of viruses like this have originated from East Asia. That's not true. Swine flu came from Mexico and MERS, as the name implies, started in the Middle East
- qplex 6y agoI do mean SARS which first surfaced in the 2000s in China. Swine flu has been around for much longer, at least for 100 years.
- Talanes 6y agoHaving one example and phrasing it to sound like multiple is misleading, imo.
- qplex 6y agoSorry about that. It wasn't the point, as SARS is caused by many different strains of the same type of virus. The first outbreak of SARS-CoV was identified in Foshan, Guangdong, China, in November 2002. Thats almost 20 years ago. Also Swine Infulenza does not originate from Mexico.
- treis 6y agoThe flu colloquially known as swine flu from 2009 did start in Mexico.
- Barrin92 6y agoNot only is that factually incorrect as the other user pointed out, but you may be surprised that more than half of the worlds population lives in this circle (https://i.imgur.com/CK6aONG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CK6aONG.jpg), so the fact that a lot of diseases originate there isn't as surprising as you might think. Not to mention that diseases can break out everywhere, making the response to a pandemic significantly more important than trying to shift blame for what is essentially a game of chance.
- qplex 6y ago>factually incorrect It's not. SARS is from China. >not to mention that diseases can break out everywhere >essentially a game of chance It's 100% preventable. Just cut contact with wildlife that spreads these viruses. I'm only correcting the fallacy of praising any goverment that fails to address the root causes of these problems.
- tomp 6y agoIt's still pretty surprising, and probably has more to do with cultural practices of eating all kinds of wild animals, than with population density. How many diseases originated in India?