Physician Neil Vora explores the direct link between environmental devastation, particularly deforestation, and deadly epidemics like Ebola.
He suggests that to prevent future pandemics, we need to shift our focus from preparing for outbreaks to preventing them and preserving our ecological balance.
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Clearing tropical forests isn't just dangerous to the natural world it's also a threat to human health and wellbeing, says physician Neil Vora. Tracing how environmental devastation led to deadly epidemics like Ebola, he presents three ways deforestation unleashes disease and calls on each of us to help preserve the delicate ecological balance we depend upon.
Clearing tropical forests isn't just dangerous to the natural world it's also a threat to human health and wellbeing, says physician Neil Vora. Tracing how…
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