That ship has sailed roughly 12000 years ago [1]. By mass, around 96% of mammals are either humans or lifestock [2]. If you go on google earth and zoom into a r

That ship has sailed roughly 12000 years ago [1]. By mass, around 96% of mammals are either humans or lifestock [2]. If you go on google earth and zoom into a random country anywhere on earth, chances are pretty good that you end up looking at a field. Our immune system is that of a hunter-gatherer. It hasn't evolved to handle close contact with animals, cities, and intercontinental travel. The result are the huge zoonotic pandemics of the last few millennia. Since there is nothing "natural" about them, maybe we have to mess with the fabric of nature in order to avoid the next one. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution [2] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1711842115 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1711842115