Pandemic Culprit? Try Humans, not Other Animals
April 15, 2020
Human intrusion into the natural world ultimately triggered the COVID-19 pandemic, says a Bloomberg Opinion article, calling for changes in social and land-use practices so that people and animal-borne pathogens such as the coronavirus come into less frequent contact. In an Issues online exclusive, a conservation scientist recently offered a broader vision, proposing the formation of a global organization with enough “scientific heft and enforcement teeth” to identify, stop, and punish the riskiest environmental and trade practices and thus prevent future pandemics.