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Prevention is the best cure for #pandemics: Stopping tropical #deforestation and illegal wildlife trade is a minor cost compared to stopping zoonotic diseases - Prof. Stuart Pimm @DukeEnvironment #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/06/04/preventing-pandemics-costs-far-less-than-controlling-them/

Preventing pandemics costs far less than controlling them

“It turns out prevention really is the best medicine. We estimate we could greatly reduce the likelihood of another pandemic occuring by investing as little as 1/20th of the losses incurred so far …
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#deforestation #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #pandemics @Palm Oil Detectives
in reply to Giuseppe Zolli

Rob Baylis Ⓥ
Rob Baylis Ⓥ
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prevention is indeed better and cheaper than cure. The biggest pandemic risk actually comes from intensive agriculture in which animals are crammed together in breeding grounds for zoonotic diseases such as bird flu, swine flu, nipah etc.. Scrap #factoryfarming as well as the wildlife trade to minimise #pandemic risk.
#pandemic #factoryfarming

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