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"Wet markets" are just farmers' markets.

wmeredith 6y ago
Eh, there aren’t live animals available for slaughter on the spot at any of the hundreds of farmer’s market I’ve been to in the US Midwest.
- croes 6y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market
- IvyMike 6y ago
  Haven't seen this at farmers markets. But on the other hand I just bought two live lobsters at Vons.
mc32 6y ago
... that sell wild caught animals, and usually don’t have a domesticated counterpart.
- vangelis 6y ago
  I think the issue would be with bush meat, not with markets that carry non dry goods? Wet markets on the whole seem pretty innocuous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whbyuy2nHBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whbyuy2nHBg
- scarmig 6y ago
  I've definitely seen farmers markets sell wild caught fish in the US.
- croes 6y ago
  Have you looked up the diseases domasticated animals can have? The next pandemic could be from them.
  - jfk13 6y ago
    Some of us, at least in the UK, remember the BSE ("mad cow disease") mess. That could have turned out very much worse than it did (though it was plenty bad already).
- joshuaissac 6y ago
  A large proportion of these "wild" animals are actually farmed. https://m.dw.com/en/biodiversity-wet-markets-life-animals-covid-19-beijing-guangzhou/a-54183831 https://m.dw.com/en/biodiversity-wet-markets-life-animals-co...
chosenbreed37 6y ago
> "Wet markets" are just farmers' markets Well...I guess their definition of farm animals is considerably broader than ours...:-)
- okprod 6y ago
  Yes, different people's definitions of things vary based on where they are.
  - volgar1x 6y ago
    It does not mean China should resume live wild animals trade.
waynecochran 6y ago
" wet markets and wildlife markets aren’t synonymous, though they’re often used interchangeably" from https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/15/21219222/coronavirus-china-ban-wet-markets-reopening https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/15/21219222/corona...
- croes 6y ago
  "A wet market (also called a public market or a traditional market) is a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish, produce, and other perishable goods as distinguished from "dry markets" that sell durable goods such as fabric and electronics" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market

Eh, there aren’t live animals available for slaughter on the spot at any of the hundreds of farmer’s market I’ve been to in the US Midwest.

croes 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market
IvyMike 6y ago
Haven't seen this at farmers markets. But on the other hand I just bought two live lobsters at Vons.

mc32 6y ago

... that sell wild caught animals, and usually don’t have a domesticated counterpart.

vangelis 6y ago
I think the issue would be with bush meat, not with markets that carry non dry goods? Wet markets on the whole seem pretty innocuous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whbyuy2nHBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whbyuy2nHBg
scarmig 6y ago
I've definitely seen farmers markets sell wild caught fish in the US.
croes 6y ago
Have you looked up the diseases domasticated animals can have? The next pandemic could be from them.
- jfk13 6y ago
  Some of us, at least in the UK, remember the BSE ("mad cow disease") mess. That could have turned out very much worse than it did (though it was plenty bad already).
joshuaissac 6y ago
A large proportion of these "wild" animals are actually farmed. https://m.dw.com/en/biodiversity-wet-markets-life-animals-covid-19-beijing-guangzhou/a-54183831 https://m.dw.com/en/biodiversity-wet-markets-life-animals-co...

chosenbreed37 6y ago

> "Wet markets" are just farmers' markets Well...I guess their definition of farm animals is considerably broader than ours...:-)

okprod 6y ago
Yes, different people's definitions of things vary based on where they are.
- volgar1x 6y ago
  It does not mean China should resume live wild animals trade.

waynecochran 6y ago

" wet markets and wildlife markets aren’t synonymous, though they’re often used interchangeably" from https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/15/21219222/coronavirus-china-ban-wet-markets-reopening https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/15/21219222/corona...

croes 6y ago
"A wet market (also called a public market or a traditional market) is a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish, produce, and other perishable goods as distinguished from "dry markets" that sell durable goods such as fabric and electronics" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market