COVID- Why did China not learn its lesson from SARS?

[free_6ix9ine]

I am generally pretty positive towards the CCP and how they have handled COVId. But the one thing that still makes me angry is that China KNEW that wild animal markets were unsafe and a vector for viruses. Because SARS came from a wild animal market and is also a corona virus much like COVID-19. Why did the CCP not learn it's lesson from SARS and decisively shut down this industry?

-Its extremely dangerous
-It's not a massive contributor to GDP
-It's barbaric, disgusting and ruins China's international image (which first world country believes in things such as eating wild animals for superstitions)

I hope the CCP finally learned their lesson and will throw anyone who partakes in the wild animal industry in prison.

 

[Tam]

IMO, those who run these wild animal markets need to be jailed.

That's not however, going to stop the next pandemic which is inevitable from human population increases, decrease in animal habitation and climate change that is bringing animal life to human cities. Another possibility is superbugs and viruses evolving from corporate run animal farms, like H1N1 did.

These corporate animal farms are even less humane, create pollution and can be the breeding grounds for the next pandemic.

 

[gadgetcool5]

It's not just SARS. If you look at the epidemic outbreaks coming from China in the years 1997-2019, there was a new virus every few years and it was getting more frequent. I even said this in 2019.

IMO China should just stop eating pork and chicken and switch to vegetarian, fish, and beef. I know that beef isn't highly valued in Chinese cuisine compared to chicken and pork, but the cultivation of the latter two is shown to be dangerous.

Also, this pandemic shows the importance of biotech research. Finding ways to mitigate things like viruses, biological weapons, etc. is a national security issue and should be given much higher research funding in the future.

 

[Tam]

It's not just SARS. If you look at the epidemic outbreaks coming from China in the years 1997-2019, there was a new virus every few years and it was getting more frequent. I even said this in 2019.

IMO China should just stop eating pork and chicken and switch to vegetarian, fish, and beef. I know that beef isn't highly valued in Chinese cuisine compared to chicken and pork, but the cultivation of the latter two is shown to be dangerous.

Also, this pandemic shows the importance of biotech research. Finding ways to mitigate things like viruses, biological weapons, etc. is a national security issue and should be given much higher research funding in the future.

Yes. The next Avian and Swine Flu going zoonotic.

 

[siegecrossbow]

It's not just SARS. If you look at the epidemic outbreaks coming from China in the years 1997-2019, there was a new virus every few years and it was getting more frequent. I even said this in 2019.

IMO China should just stop eating pork and chicken and switch to vegetarian, fish, and beef. I know that beef isn't highly valued in Chinese cuisine compared to chicken and pork, but the cultivation of the latter two is shown to be dangerous.

Also, this pandemic shows the importance of biotech research. Finding ways to mitigate things like viruses, biological weapons, etc. is a national security issue and should be given much higher research funding in the future.

It isn't a matter of what is less or more valued. Pork and chicken are popular because they are cheaper. Even with sky-rocketing pork price in China they still cost, on national average, around 49 yuan per kg vs around 75 yuan per kg for beef. Chicken is even cheaper. A lot of people can't afford to eat meat if not for pork and chicken. Also, don't forget about the mad cow disease that happened during the late 90s.

 

[solarz]

Are you freaking serious? Have you been under a damn rock for the last nine months?

The COVID-19 virus most closely resembles a virus carried by the bat population native to China. The most likely route of transmission is from an intermediate host that was infected by bats. We do not know what this intermediate host is, but IT COULD JUST AS EASILY BE A FARM LIVESTOCK as a it could be a wild animal. In fact, the farm animal is the more likely because it has more contact with humans.

This has nothing to do with wet markets. You obviously haven't been paying attention. The earliest patient they've managed to trace has no history of contact with the Huanan Seafood market. The virus could just as easily come from a farm worker.

The reason COVID-19 is so readily transmissible is because patient become contagious BEFORE they become symptomatic! So some farm worker who's feeling perfectly fine could have spread the virus to hundreds of people just going about his daily routine. Again, this has nothing to do with wet markets!

 

[free_6ix9ine]

Are you freaking serious? Have you been under a damn rock for the last nine months?

The COVID-19 virus most closely resembles a virus carried by the bat population native to China. The most likely route of transmission is from an intermediate host that was infected by bats. We do not know what this intermediate host is, but IT COULD JUST AS EASILY BE A FARM LIVESTOCK as a it could be a wild animal. In fact, the farm animal is the more likely because it has more contact with humans.

This has nothing to do with wet markets. You obviously haven't been paying attention. The earliest patient they've managed to trace has no history of contact with the Huanan Seafood market. The virus could just as easily come from a farm worker.

The reason COVID-19 is so readily transmissible is because patient become contagious BEFORE they become symptomatic! So some farm worker who's feeling perfectly fine could have spread the virus to hundreds of people just going about his daily routine. Again, this has nothing to do with wet markets!

Bats are wild animals and probably live in close proximity with other wild animals like pangolins which come in contact with them. Unless your raising livestock in a bat cave. How can they get in contact with bats?

 

[Temstar]

Isn't trading of wild animals banned already after COVID-19? And not only that this time around it's a much stronger law than post-SARS and even bans things like farmed bamboo rat that was raised specifically for meat and yet is too exotic to be considered normal farm animal.

 

[free_6ix9ine]

Isn't trading of wild animals banned already after COVID-19? And not only that this time around it's a much stronger law than post-SARS and even bans things like farmed bamboo rat that was raised specifically for meat and yet is too exotic to be considered normal farm animal.

I am quite doubtful it will be enforced. Soon after COVId is done. This industry will start flourishing again. Because these laws are never enforced until the next pandemic.

 

[solarz]

Bats are wild animals and probably live in close proximity with other wild animals like pangolins which come in contact with them. Unless your raising livestock in a bat cave. How can they get in contact with bats?

Bats do not have to be the direct vector of transmission. They could transmit it to animals that do have direct contact with livestock, such as ferrets, rabbits, rats, etc.