Originally Posted by
IsDon01
Or the world could just demand that China close all of its wet markets.
Force them to stop eating weird sh1t.
Educate the mindless Chinese masses that powdered tiger’s penis does not put lead into your tiny pencil.
Problem solved!
No actually the problem won’t be just “solved”.
Some new research (don’t forget this disease is still only a few months old) has
indicated the wet markets may not have been the source of the virus. And the developing Chinese wet markets (basically a farmer’s market) have quite
low rates of microbial illness compared to other developing nations indicating higher hygiene standards.
It doesn’t matter really, because viruses will find a way to develop and replicate in any place.
H1N1 originated in Mexico
The 1918 epidemic originated in the US
Viruses and communicable diseases originate all over the world in a variety of ways, a new illness was always bound to originate from somewhere, a lot of documentation has been around for years warning another
large pandemic event was bound to happen sooner or later, wet market or no wet market. As it was said in Jurassic Park “life (Or RNA wrapped in a protein) finds a way....”
The key will be for a better public health response, stockpiling of preventative equipment, sanitary products, testing kits en mass ala what some Asian nations like South Korea have done. Hopefully more western nations will follow suit now they have experience in a modern pandemic. Maybe we need to adjust our nation’s defences accordingly against the real threats we face.