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I’m upset you’re quick to blame density and public transit but won’t even mention the risk of animal meat consumption, which is responsible for what, all the pa

• abakker 4y ago
  I do not think the animal meat consumption is the reason? Animal origin, not animal meat vector. This isn't a debate about veganism and moralism.
  • iknowstuff 4y ago
    Nobody said anything veganism nor moralism except for you. (Almost?) all pandemics were zoonotic. We have reduced the amount of species we keep in our cities but we still have meat markets where they are kept alive until they’re butchered for freshness. Like in Wuhan. > As we increase our interactions with animals through hunting, the trading of animal foods, animal husbandry practices, wet markets, and the domestication of animals or exotic pets, the probability of cross-species transmission dramatically increases. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874076/ Regardless of morals, the more animals we kill, the more pandemics we’re going to have.
• klyrs 4y ago
  Only, in this case, it might be plant consumption... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9239177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9239177/
• vecter 4y ago
  My list was not meant to be comprehensive, but that's what I meant by "our use of medicines (antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, etc.)." That includes heavy antibiotic use in farming which also likely contributes to antibiotic resistance.
• TylerE 4y ago
  The Bubonic Plague was transmitted by flea bites.