Scientific Frontline
#Pandemics begin when disease-harboring #animals, such as #bats, come in close proximity with people, livestock or other animals and pass on new #pathogens. #Viruses such as #SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, #Nipah, #Hendra and possibly #Ebola have all fatally spilled over from bats to humans, sometimes through an intermediate host.
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https://www.sflorg.com/2024/03/eco03262401.html
Protect habitat to prevent pandemics

Without intact habitat, animals become stressed and shed more virus, and they move in search of food towards agricultural and urban areas

Mar 26, 2024 at 11:37amWeb
Show threadTafkakMar 26, 2024
@sflorg https://youtu.be/TLEK0UZH4cs
Flight of the Conchords Ep 3 Think About it

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Show threadSzescstopniDec 10, 2024
@sflorg @mackayim2022 A village close to where I live has large poultry farms and gets hit by bird flu every year. That village borders on the last remaining sort-of-natural wetlands in this part of Poland. And there have already been calls to shoot more wild birds that migrate through here. I don't know what will happen when a first case of transmission to humans occurs, but most likely nature will get under heavy fire.