We rate the claim that COVID-19 was caused by eating animals partly false because some of the claim is not supported by our research.
, the bacterium that caused the plague in the 14th century, was carried around the world by fleas attached to people and rats. Pandemic diseases do not need to originate in animals that humans are especially prone to eating to be catastrophic for entire nations or regions of the planet.
Proximity to animals, in general, is the most important factor in the rise of new animal-to-human diseases. “Consuming less animal products may help,” said Dr. Homayoon Farzadegan, a professor who teaches epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. “But just living in close proximity with animals that are the potential reservoir of zoonotic viruses may lead to new transmissions.”in Wuhan, China.
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