Thread by @greennomad61

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'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19?

The human species continued destruction of biodiversity is creating
conditions for new viruses and diseases such as Covid-

The eating of other animals IS the problem

theguardian.com/environment/20…

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"Research suggests that outbreaks of animal-borne and other infectious diseases such as #Ebola, #SARS, #BirdFlu and now #COVID19, caused by a novel coronavirus, are on the rise"

Pathogens are crossing from other animals to the human species

theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Dead #Pangolins seized by authorities in North #Sumatra.
Disease ecologists argue that viruses and other pathogens are likely to move from animals to humans in #wildlifemarkets.
via .@guardian
Photograph: Gatha Ginting/AFP via Getty Images

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Urban markets in #Africa sell monkeys, bats, rats, & dozens of species of bird, mammal, insect & rodent slaughtered for human consumption
#wildlifemarkets are perfect for cross-species transmission of pathogens

#StopEatingAnimals
#ID

pic: Equatorial Guinea. Getty .@guardian

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Education is KEY! #StopEatingAnimals #FriendsNotFood
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A poster in #Beijing promoting wildlife as friends instead of food, after a crackdown on wild animal markets following #coronavirus outbreak
2020 Beijing has now banned #wildlifemarkets

#GoVegan2020

Photo: Andy Wong/AP

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Kate Jones at UCL.
#Zoonotic diseases are linked to environmental change by human behaviour
Destruction of forests for logging, mining, cattle, road building,
rapid urbanisation & pop. growth is bringing people into closer contact w other #animal species -

#coronaviruses +

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Thomas Gillespie, professor at Emory:
"Humans are creating the conditions for the spread of diseases by reducing the natural barriers between host animals – in which the #virus is naturally circulating"

#coronaviruses + #HumanEffect
#GoVegan2020
#JaneGoodall 🙌