Scientists are tracing the path of Sars-CoV-2 from a wild animal host –
but we need to look at the part played in the outbreak by industrial food production
but we need to look at the part played in the outbreak by industrial food production
The headline is a bit of clickbait. But I forgive them. Mostly because it got me to start reading the article. I finished the article because of its own merits. And in retrospect, I cannot think of a better headline. Well, not one that would get anyone to read the article.
The article even addresses an uncomfortable issue.
"There have been claims on social media, sometimes posted by vegans, that if we ate less meat there would have been no Covid-19. Interestingly, some of these have been blocked by mainstream news organisations as “partly false”. But the claims are also partly true. Though the links they draw are too simplistic, the evidence is now strong that the way meat is produced – and not just in China – contributed to Covid-19."