The world’s vast population of people, pets and livestock, and the pressure we put on wildlife, have created the “perfect storm” for pandemics, a researcher has warned.
There is an urgent need to control the evolution and transmission of diseases such as the virus that causes Covid-19 by using vaccine passports, boosting the genetic variation in livestock and reducing how much meat we eat.
In an editorial published in the journal Virulence, Prof Cock Van Oosterhout, from the University of East Anglia, also warned of the need to halt the loss of natural habitats in wildlife-rich areas, to reduce human-wildlife conflict and prevent diseases spilling over into people and livestock.
Eat less meat to prevent further pandemics, says expert
Reducing how much meat we eat can help control evolution and transmission of diseases, says scientist
File image of cattle on a farm (Image: Shared Content Unit)
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We must reduce our meat consumption if the World is to prevent pandemics like the Covid-19 coronavirus happening again, a researcher has said.
May 7, 2021, 12:05 am
A researcher said there needs to be more genetic diversity in cows and other livestock (David Cheskin/PA)
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The world’s vast population of people, pets and livestock, and the pressure we put on wildlife, have created the “perfect storm” for pandemics, a researcher has warned.
There is an urgent need to control the evolution and transmission of diseases such as the virus that causes Covid-19 by using vaccine passports, boosting the genetic variation in livestock and reducing how much meat we eat.
Calls to ban Nazi-style yellow stars worn by Covid-sceptics in GermanyÂ
The German government s anti-Semitism commissioner has called for a ban on the use of Nazi-style yellow stars at demonstrations, writesÂ
Justin Huggler in Berlin.
Coronavirus sceptics have adopted the yellow star of David which Jews were forced to wear under the Nazis as a symbol of protest against vaccination.
Their use of the star has been widely condemned as inappropriate and disrespectful to victims of the Holocaust.
âWhen people use so-called Jewish stars at demonstrations and thus make comparisons that relativize the Holocaust, itâs time for a legal ban,â Felix Klein, the anti-Semitism commissioner said. Coronavirus sceptics and anti-vaxxers have taken to wearing the star with the word Jude, or âJewâ, replaced with Ungeimpft, which means âunvaccinatedâ.
World Wildlife Day spotlight on the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Published by
From protecting pollinators to studying bird migration, safeguarding Antarctic penguins and writing about jellyfish superpowers – a group of UEA researchers are making new discoveries about wildlife here in Norfolk and around the world.
World Wildlife Day is celebrated annually on March 3 in support of animals and plants across the world.
The Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at UEA brings together ecologists and evolutionary biologists to study everything from micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi to plants and animals.
With more than 70 research staff and PhD students, it is one of the largest groups of its kind in Europe, with strong links to major institutions like the RSPB.