An immediate way to lower pandemic risk: (not) seizing the low-hanging fruit (bat).
Lancet Planet Health
; 7(6): e518-e526, 2023 06.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20230959
ABSTRACT
What is the least that humanity can do to mitigate the risks of future pandemics, to prevent worldwide surges in human deaths, illness, and suffering-and more waves of multitrillion US dollar impacts on the global economy? The issues around our consumption and trading of wildlife are diverse and complex, with many rural communities being dependent on wild meat for their nutritional needs. But bats might be one taxonomic group that can be successfully eliminated from the human diet and other uses, with minimal costs or inconvenience to the vast majority of the 8 billion people on Earth. The order Chiroptera merits genuine respect given all that these species contribute to human food supplies through pollination services provided by the frugivores and to disease risk mitigation delivered by insectivorous species. The global community missed its chance to stop SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 from emerging-how many more times will humanity allow this cycle to repeat? How long will governments ignore the science that is in front of them? It's past time for humans to do the least that can be done. A global taboo is needed whereby humanity agrees to leave bats alone, not fear them or try to chase them away or cull them, but to let them have the habitats they need and live undisturbed by humans.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Quirópteros
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Coronavirus Relacionado al Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Severo
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Animales
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Lancet Planet Health
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
S2542-5196(23)00077-3
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