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**"The answer begins with the dismantling of our industrialized factory farming infrastructure. Not only are America’s factory farms vile for the animals and the workers that slaughter them, but they are essentially breeding grounds for future pandemics."**
— Dr. Michael Greger, *How to Survive a Pandemic*

**"Highly pathogenic bird flu viruses are primarily the products of factory farming."**
— Dr. Michael Greger

**"If you actually want to create global pandemics, then build factory farms."**
— Dr. Michael Greger, via Vox

🔗 Source: [How to Survive a Pandemic – Dr. Greger on Rich Roll Podcast](https://www.richroll.com/podcast/michael-greger-md-532/)
📚 More: [NutritionFacts.org](https://nutritionfacts.org)

#PandemicPrevention #FactoryFarming #BirdFlu #SwineFlu #ZoonoticDiseases #MichaelGreger #HowToSurviveAPandemic #PublicHealth #PlantBased #EndFactoryFarming

Sudo Sudo Sudo ⒶⒺⓋ Feb 28

**"Highly pathogenic bird flu viruses are primarily the products of factory farming."**
— Dr. Michael Greger

**"If you actually want to create global pandemics, then build factory farms."**
— Dr. Michael Greger, via Vox

🔗 Source: [How to Survive a Pandemic – Dr. Greger on Rich Roll Podcast](https://www.richroll.com/podcast/michael-greger-md-532/)
📚 More: [NutritionFacts.org](https://nutritionfacts.org)

#PandemicPrevention #FactoryFarming #BirdFlu #SwineFlu #ZoonoticDiseases #MichaelGreger #HowToSurviveAPandemic #PublicHealth #PlantBased #EndFactoryFarming

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Clay T Feb 27

These lines are to commemorate my spectacular failure to win the North Street Book Prize with my 2024 collection “After Spruce: Poems in the Manner of Tom Jenks’ ‘Spruce’ During the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic”.

Originally published Infection House July 2020

#ExperimentalPoetry #poem #poetry #PoetryCollection #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Australia #UnitedStates #coronavirus #COVID19 #pandemic #DonaldJTrump #ScottMorrison #GladysBerejiklian #InjectingDisinfectant #DisasterCapitalists #TravelBubble #Hairdressers #FluBro #Covidiots #WobbleRoom #Coronasplaining #ArmchairVirologists #Ventilators #HardLockdown #ZoonoticDiseases #UnderTheDoona #tears #covfefe

Daryl Elliott Feb 5

Environmental+ benefits of eating #PlantBased & living #vegan: #topsoil erosion, ocean #DeadZones, #biodiversity, #wildlife, #AirPollution, #respiratory, #RiverPollution, #GHGs, #methane, #ethics, #WorkerProtection, #LandUse, saving #FreshWater, #CoralReefs, #SeaLife safety, #ZoonoticDiseases.

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Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast 🇨🇦Jan 14

The spread was unprecedented:
* First detected Oct 6, 2024 (Alaska pintail)
* 93% dominance by early 2025
* 13,000 km/year velocity (3-5x faster than predecessors)
* West-to-east pattern (reversing previous spread)
* ALL 7 host categories infected
#Epidemiology #ZoonoticDiseases

CompulsoryAccount7746 Dec 21

Science - Rats filmed snatching bats from air for first time

"Scientists staked out [a German cave]. The team documented 30 attempts & 13 kills … grabbing bats midflight or shortly after they landed … impressive given the rodents hunt at night, when they are effectively blind; the rats may rely on whiskers to detect changes in air currents caused by the bats' flapping wings. … makes rats a possible transmitter of bat-borne pathogens"
https://www.science.org/content/article/rats-filmed-snatching-bats-air-first-time

#Rats #Bats #ZoonoticDiseases

Rats filmed snatching bats from air for first time

Stunning hunting behaviour captured in German cave

Mongabay Oct 10

There are more cases of Hansen’s disease reported in Brazil than any other nation besides India. Even though the disease is highly prevalent, scientists are developing new studies to map out its occurrence with greater precision.

A study carried out by Brazilian researchers and published in May revealed a strong association in Brazil between direct contact with armadillos and a high risk of contracting Hansen’s disease.

by Adele Santelli
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/research-aims-to-link-hansens-disease-illegal-armadillo-hunting-in-brazil/

#news #zoonoticdiseases

Research aims to link Hansen’s disease & illegal armadillo hunting in Brazil

Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy) has afflicted humans for thousands of years — it has been cited throughout history, even in passages of the Bible. Yet science has still not determined whether it originated in Asia or in Africa. But Hansen’s disease’s modern name has a very traceable history. In 1873, Norwegian physician Gerhard […]

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Mongabay Sep 22, 2025

Healthy forests in protected Indigenous territories could help reduce the risk of certain illnesses for humans, a new study shows.

Researchers found that Indigenous territories can effectively reduce the risk of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases if they’re located in municipalities with at least 40% forest cover.

by Constance Malleret
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/protecting-indigenous-amazon-lands-may-also-protect-public-health-study-says/

#news #indigenouspeople #forests #zoonoticdiseases #health

Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have researchers begun to fill in this knowledge gap and investigate how the protection of these areas can provide health benefits as well as ecosystem services. Now, a […]

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