Deforestation and urban expansion increase the risk of epidemics
Bats, civets, ticks… 60% of human infectious diseases are of animal origin. This is what increases the risk of transmission.
Animals spreading diseases to humans
How deforestation contributes to coronavirus
Not only do deforestation, faming, and urban expansion threaten the environment, but also humans: these are factors that increase the risk of epidemics. One of the primary reasons: the contact between animals and humans. 60% of human infectious diseases are of animal origin and more than two-thirds of them come from wild animals. The destruction of natural environments, due to deforestation and urban expansion, leads to animal migration and increases the risk of transmission.
In 2017, the Ebola virus appeared in deforested areas of Central and West Africa. The bats carrying the virus fed on farms and gardens, allowing transmission to humans. Another example is Lyme disease transmitted by ticks in the United States. In the northeast of the country, deforestation has driven out possums, which helped regulate tick populations. Other actions can also contribute to epidemics: factory farming, which promotes the spreading of viruses through feces, and animal trade, which brings together animals that shouldn't naturally meet. This is the probable cause of the current COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. According to scientists from the Global Virome project, wildlife is reportedly home to 1.7 million viruses still unknown.
Coronavirus scare helping some animals
In a more positive direction, the endangered pangolins are suspected of being intermediate hosts that would’ve enabled the transmission of the virus to humans. These small mammals could benefit from the pandemic. The sales of pangolin have decreased since the start of the pandemic. Over the last few days, Chinese buyers have disappeared. In China, the epicenter of the pandemic, the government has taken strong measures to curb the health crisis. In 2003, similar measures were taken to stem the SARS epidemic, but they were suspended after a few months. Other sectors are exempt from the recent bans: fur, breeding for zoological parks and traditional medicine. However, this sector should be subjected to stricter controls and quarantines.
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Tim S.
05/03/2020 00:11This is nothing more that left sided hogwash. There will be those that will take is crap 💩 to heart. The United States has done more to help the environment than all the other nations combined. No, you won’t hear it in the media, but if you listen to the scientific data - ieCO2 emissions it goes in the face of these left winged environmentalists.
Margret M.
04/26/2020 21:41And we give animals infections to.
えら ラ.
04/26/2020 21:09https://youtu.be/zb6j7o1pLBw
Benjamin P.
04/26/2020 16:30Nature is tasty.
Jenny P.
04/25/2020 13:17Chinese Fuck heads eating anything they see live on there plates !🤬Then don’t Fucking eat any animals forest is there home an everyone deserves own free .✊🏻stop animal cruelty and stop deforestation on the name of urbanisation and development /advancement of science an tech Such scum begs beach+ all corrupt GOv all dick heads !!
Stephanie C.
04/25/2020 06:53World human population is too large for the planet.
Ced V.
04/25/2020 05:02China numbawan.. cancer
Thanga A.
04/25/2020 02:12We deserve it
Grasa B.
04/24/2020 23:19King County caters to the city rats. They feed them assign special social worker to take pictures of them, and leave human feces for the rats to feed of the piles... why the city health officials think it is Ok to cater to rats?
Kolbrún L.
04/24/2020 12:26Thank you !
Anne S.
04/24/2020 12:23Very interesting.
Erick O.
04/24/2020 09:25That is good to know but have you asked how the bat got in contact with human when they are wild creatures and nocturnal, We destroy their homes and expect nothing in return ??
Nayan K.
04/24/2020 09:14It’s up to u how you treat animals.
Katherine S.
04/24/2020 07:57worth reading for your geography
Mazhar H.
04/24/2020 06:25How about chinese bat soup? I don't think it has anything to do with deforstation.
KaBapkadebra V.
04/24/2020 04:06WRONG... IT CAME. FEOM CHINA LABORATORY
Javi M.
04/24/2020 03:59Se llama zoonosis la transmisión de enfermedades de animales a humanos
Mark P.
04/24/2020 00:46All based on greed!
Zen K.
04/24/2020 00:34Human ask for it