Thursday, April 9, 2020

Maybe things should not go back to 'normal' after this virus settles down. I encourage people to read this incredibly ...

Maybe things should not go back to 'normal' after this virus settles down. I encourage people to read this incredibly detailed and well cited study published in Hong Kong in 2007. As an author I hate to ruin an ending but here are the last two lines: "The presence of a large reservoir of SARS-CoV-like viruses in horseshoe bats, together with the culture of eating exotic mammals in southern China, is a time bomb. The possibility of the reemergence of SARS and other novel viruses from animals or laboratories and therefore the need for preparedness should not be ignored." WHO and China are indirectly complicit in every death from this virus. Note the "culture of eating exotic mammals in Southern China, is a time bomb". Is the world just going to let them continue to operate the wet markets? Maybe it is time for a worldwide 'cold war' with China and ostracize them and their citizens until they stop making "time bombs"? The implications of that have far reaching economic impacts that could drive us to a true Great Depression as the world realigns supply, demand and distribution channels for an isolated China. A tough call but possibly one that should be discussed. If Climate Change was an existential threat this is the REAL deal we have already seen more than once. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2176051/…


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