Time to Ban Wet Markets
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Time to Ban Wet Markets
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#2I agree with the general aims of the article, but I doubt that the demand that the author makes - that China closes its wet markets - will be practically doable.
With a billion people that have no reason to trust their government, it's going to be hard to convince them to drop what they and their families had learned with blood during the Mao-era famines.
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#3Absolutely. The worst thing is that whenever these pandemics happen China does ban them but they a few months later they allow them to reopen. Do they think that the same thing won't happen again? Vox put out a pretty good video on wet markets recently.
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#4I remember when I was small, I accompanied my mom to a wet market, and saw a frog butchered in front of my eyes (chopped into two horizontal cut), and that gave me chills till this day that I actually don't eat frog meat. I do other stuffs though and have no problem handling knife for meat work.
On the other hand, wet market like Tokyo's Tsukiji is very fresh and clean. Actually, wet markets through Japan are usually really fresh and clean, and have no noticeable smell. I wonder how they do that.
Traditional Chinese culture at it again. Seems like another tool for CCP to control its people, and "culture" is just an excuse. They do the same thing for traditional Chinese martial art vs MMA as well (see the whole Xu Xiaodong fiasco).
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#5Perhaps also a global ban on viral gain of function research at BSL 4 labs, for a bit at least.
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#6It's important not to demonize Chinese people here. However, it's at the very least equally important to ensure that their agricultural practices stop producing these pandemic viruses. This is not the first one. Not even close. This is not one of those things that could have happened anywhere and the Chinese were simply unlucky. This is a direct consequence of their agricultural practices and it is extremely important that those change. Some level of international shame may be appropriate here to ensure that that happens, and as always it's important that that not steer into racism. However, if a little bit of cultural shaming works towards preventing the next pandemic, then I think that's pretty well worth it at this point.
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#7Time to ban monoculture, dumping toxic mutagens into the environment, and overuse of antibiotics amongst other drugs.
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#8Why does anyone think these markets are okay?
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#9I agree with the general aims of the article, but I doubt that the demand that the author makes - that China closes its wet markets - will be practically doable. With a billion people that have no reason to trust their government, it's going to be hard to convince them to drop what they and their families had learned with blood during the Mao-era famines.
It's also so perverse around the world. Until we can provide adequate non wet market food stores and supplies, most notably at affordable pricing for these often highly impoverished areas, there isn't much for change.
Further it brings into question the items that are good or bad. Is "Racoon Dog" ok or not? Can they sell "Bats"?
Then as you mention, people are going to stick to what they do. Good example, how many people are out and about even though the US government said "please stay home".
It's easy to point a finger and say do as I say and not as I do, but until we solve the global issue of food / health, it will be hard to enact any tight control over these types of situations.
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#10Or just stop eating meat altogether. There are diseases and potent antibiotic resistant bugs brewing in our factory farms in the west too. None of this is necessary for human health or nutrition.