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When you have a market for rare 'natural wondercures' being sought out, it only takes one mutation in a virus to spread on from another mammal to humans, add to that China's population density. A recipe for disaster.
No more cannibalism, too bad.
We still don't know where the source is, and who the 0th patient is.
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China has a population density only 4 times the density of the US and half the one of Germany. It has a vast amount of wildlife. Why wouldn't they have any wild animals left?
Because they're even endangering animals in other countries and continents, so why not their own as well?
It can be banned, sure, but I don't see the superstitious side of the consumption being curtailed. When you have a market for rare 'natural wondercures' being sought out, it only takes one mutation in a virus to spread on from another mammal to humans, add to that China's population density. A recipe for disaster.
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Because they're even endangering animals in other countries and continents, so why not their own as well?
Everyone is endangering animals in other countries. And when it comes to preserving their own wild animals, china is much better at it than europe who wiped out pretty much all their major fauna. The US isn't much better since we pretty much wiped out most of our native wild life.
There is not anymore "our" animals and "your" animals. Pangolin is not a Chinese animal, neither Totoba.
It can be banned, sure, but I don't see the superstitious side of the consumption being curtailed. When you have a market for rare 'natural wondercures' being sought out, it only takes one mutation in a virus to spread on from another mammal to humans, add to that China's population density. A recipe for disaster.
You really think people in China haven’t been scared out of doing risky things like eating wild animals?