O/T:- Are we over-reacting to COVD19?

[ncfcog]

Looks like pangolins illegally smuggled into China from Malaysia is how it hopped over to humans.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2169-0

Well one of the possibilities. If you’ve seen the video of that wet market in Wuhan it makes you realise just how 3rd world much of that so called developing country still is. Dogs, bats, rats, snakes, pangolins, all on a stick, I’m surprised they’ve not started on Humans yet, or maybe they have?

[upthemaggies]

Well one of the possibilities. If you’ve seen the video of that wet market in Wuhan it makes you realise just how 3rd world much of that so called developing country still is. Dogs, bats, rats, snakes, pangolins, all on a stick, I’m surprised they’ve not started on Humans yet, or maybe they have?

The way some animals are treated over here for the purpose of mass consumption isn't a great look either. Saudi Arabia had to ban the eating of camel meat after the outbreak of MERS. We could just as easily frame this problem as being the fault of meat eaters. There are some scientists who believe Spanish Flu originated from pigs. "Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza among the animals and can be transmitted to humans."

[ncfcog]

The way some animals are treated over here for the purpose of mass consumption isn't a great look either. Saudi Arabia had to ban the eating of camel meat after the outbreak of MERS. We could just as easily frame this problem as being the fault of meat eaters. There are some scientists who believe Spanish Flu originated from pigs. "Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza among the animals and can be transmitted to humans."

Yeah, I know mate, but that video really is quite shocking.

[Bartlett's Dust]

Not sure on the logic that says you're not allowed to take your dog out in the car. I take mine in the morning 3 miles to local fields out in the open and I haven't passed within 3 metres of anyone all week. Walked the dog round the streets to the local park today and passed at least 50 people along the way. Paths and pavements don't give much in the way of self distancing.