Archive for April 22, 2020
Incubators of New Strains of Viruses
Apr 22nd
Incubators of New Strains of Viruses
“Factory farms that are ever-more intensive, ever-larger have proven to be incubators of new strains of viruses that have found ways to exploit the tremendous opportunity that 7 billion humans being represent. SARS, MERS, Marburg, Ebola, HIV-AIDS, swine flu, bird flu—three-quarters of newly emerging infectious diseases erupt through our broken relationship with nature and our brutality to farmed creatures. And the pace of their emergencies is accelerating.” Carl Safina
https://orionmagazine.org/2020/04/becoming-wild-during-a-pandemic/
Look around you. You might be shocked at just how many factory farms you see.