If the inherent nature of bacon creation or trade caused a pandemic, and there was no reasonable way to mitigate it, it should be banned. If it can be mitigated

If the inherent nature of bacon creation or trade caused a pandemic, and there was no reasonable way to mitigate it, it should be banned. If it can be mitigated, it should be! Why has this not happened in China? I know we Americans love our bacon but a good leader would do the right thing. There are plenty of other foods to eat. Added benefit is that a lot of them are a helluva lot more healthy than pig fat. You do offer a compelling counterpoint to my argument, however. Maybe the CCP think they can't ever ban wet markets, exotic meat, etc. Either due to concerns with implementation, or with popular anger over it, or both. I'm not convinced though. They are very ambitious with their social engineering. They "successfully" (genocide is always a terrible tragedy) interned millions of ethnic minorities, crushing their culture and religion, raping women, sterilizing people, forcing people to think of themselves as "Chinese" above all else, or at least pretend like they do. I wouldn't underestimate their propensity for heavy-handed state action. The ruling class certainly think highly of their of their own ability to influence events. Banning large wet markets like the one in Wuhan doesn't seem difficult when you consider the scope of their other "achievements". And also, their legitimate achievements. They don't have to fully ban the trade. They just have to make it more difficult. We're talking about a society that required regular COVID testing for citizens to be citizens, or even leave their apartments. The fact that they did basically nothing is glaring in my eyes.