Originally Posted by
main_dog
Humanity (and specifically Asia) definitely needs to clean up its act re wildlife markets. Not forgetting that many recent epidemics arose elsewhere (Marburg/Ebola in Africa, Swine flu in the US, MERS in Saudi).
To be fair though, half of the world’s population is Asian and they tend to be more densely populated countries, stands to reason that a good half of new human diseases should spring up here.
Firstly, swine flu’s origin was Mexico, not US.
Second, you might be forgetting the Asian flu, Hong Kong flu, Avian (bird) flu, and SARS (the other corona virus). You are correct though, wildlife markets ought to be made illegal in all countries, and most especially in China which is attempting “superpower” status.
For clarity though, there is compelling evidence that COVID-19 escaped from one of the two virology labs in Wuhan. It was not from the wet market, as there were no horseshoe bats there or nearby and many of the first infected had no connection to the wet market. That is a coverup lie propagated by the ChiComs, and eagerly gobbled up by their surrogates in the media.
As for high density populations in Asia, all the more reason to clean up the hygiene standards in the food markets. It’s one thing when a country is poor, it is something else when people decide to be disgusting.