"Disease, it turns out, is largely an environmental issue. Sixty percent of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are zoonotic — they originate in ani

"Disease, it turns out, is largely an environmental issue. Sixty percent of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are zoonotic — they originate in animals. And more than two-thirds of those originate in wildlife." The Gaia Hypothesis makes more sense when the ecology of disease is considered. Each organism is one cell which collectively network into a planet (body).