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The reason the whole animal cruelty issue is being raised is because this virus started in animals in the wet markets of Wuhan. These markets ate notorious for selling all manner of animals and in terrible conditions.
China had been alerted to this virus way back in November .......... the diseases that have sprung from China apparently come from the same sources. Open, live animal markets .......... once might be a mistake, the 2nd should have been a learning curve but the 3rd!But the rest of the World doesn't challenge China or India due to the increased reliance on products from Asia. As a throw-away society Europe buys from Japan, Taiwan or China ........ their use of cheap labour means that most Companies are able to undercut those in Europe and the UK. Apparently home industries are booming..Agreed!
Apparently imports from China have dropped
Why? Maybe that's another topic Jari?
OK, so my brother is a doctor and works in a public hospital in Australia. I asked him about the virus and whether the hysteria is warranted. This was his reply: "No one is sure. It is definitely more contagious than SARS, but not as deadly. It is more deadly than influenza but not as contagious. I won't be travelling overseas in the near future in case of quarantine". He sent this via text to me yesterday. Let us not forget that SARS, Avian flu and now the coronavirus all started in the wet markets in asian countries. You would think they would have learned by now that these places are breeding grounds. China shut down the wet market in Wuhan when it was too late. Let's hope that this time, they have learned something and this terrible trade in live wild animals stops!
Hopefully one positive outcome will be that the population at large will be more attentive to personal hygiene. That would help reduce colds and flu in general. Knowing human nature though I suspect the effect will be short lived.
