Video: The Next Pandemic

[Amy SF]

(Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, 14 Feb 2021)​

It’s 20 minutes but well worth it and very important, and the possible contribution of factory farming and the eating of meat to global pandemics is briefly raised.

 

[Lou]

last night's episode was on Meat packing.

 

[walterbyrd]

(Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, 14 Feb 2021)​

It’s 20 minutes but well worth it and very important, and the possible contribution of factory farming and the eating of meat to global pandemics is briefly raised.

Mic. The Vegan, on youtube, made a great video that further discusses how animal agriculture has been causing pandemics for a *long* time. Mic.'s video is almost 16 minutes long, but very informative.

John Oliver's 'The Next Pandemic' Dismissed The Main Solution​

 

[LoreD]

I watched an epidemiologist who said Covid is just the warm up for the "Big One.". The epidemic that could have a 60-70% mortality rate. And it will be transmitted from eating animals.

 

[shyvas]

I found the following article quite informative, as it illustrates the major pandemics (deaths) in modern times :

Infographic: The History of Pandemics, by Death Toll