While Americans may think a pandemic like COVID can't start here, researchers say lax regulation of livestock and wild animals make it a real risk.
From monkeypox to COVID-19, zoonotic disease outbreaks are on the rise. Here’s how viruses spread from animals to humans.That's the sobering message of aMany familiar ‒ and terrifying diseases ‒ originated in animals, including HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Zika, pandemic flu and
"There really is this false sense of security and unfounded belief that zoonotic disease is something that happens elsewhere," said Ann Linder, one of the report’s lead authors and associate director of policy and research with the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School."In fact, I think we're more vulnerable than ever in many ways."
"Through globalization, we've erased seas and mountains and other natural boundaries of disease," said Linder, an expert in law and animal policy."We're mixing animals and pathogens across different continents and circulating at a dizzying and ever-increasing pace."
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