@ABronyAccount
Did I say anything about “Market not playing any role”? What I said is “exotic rare endangered animal”. Yet you wanted to be Mr Wise and assumed that I’m implying anything. The carrier could be a bat, or a snake, or a dog, which are common things in an Asian market. Moreover, I did not deny the possibility that the virus came from a wildlife. In fact this is straight out of Chinese government’s spokesman and I trust my government as a Chinese. Thirdly, we have all acknowledged that endangered species are being screened out of the list of Chinese medicine but you are applying the negative coverage from the past, which here is the first half of the NatGeo article, to assume something that happens at present. The result is an idiot trying to be reasonable on something that he doesn’t understand as a disguise of racism and arrogance. You know nothing about China and your stupidity is a representation of the entire western hypocrisy as a heritage of Cold War.
@RD4590
I didn’t say it was “just” a Chinese problem. However, this is a problem that China has.
Many of the earliest cases were traced directly back to the market in Wuhan. SARS also got spread widely due to wild animal markets acting as a reservoir or source of origin.
There’s no reason for you to get offended.
Let’s review. You said the market was a fish market; it had already been widely reported that the market also sold wild animals and wild meat. You said Traditional Chinese Medicine was mostly about herbs; in reality, it has long been a problem because it creates demand for poaching even of endangered species. Now you’re trying to imply that we don’t know if the market played any role in the outbreak, but this too has already been proven false.
And the only one who’s been insulting people the whole time was you. Not a great look.
So I’ve said my bit, I can back up my opinions, and I’m not going to be suckered into a flame war. Take care.
@ABronyAccount
It’s not just China, I can guarantee you that. Otherwise there wouldn’t be army forces in Tibet struggling to fight smugglers selling Tibetan antelopes abroad.
Oh by the way, can you be sure the virus came from an “exotic rare endangered animal”? Why don’t you shut up and let those involved deal with the problems without getting insulted in the back?
@RD4590
Dude. I have. It doesn’t invalidate the top half, or all the hyperlinks within about demand from China for rare animals and the health risks of wild animal markets.
@ABronyAccount
Traditional Chinese medicine consists mainly of herbs. If you don’t believe it please do keep your opinion to yourself as you cannot convince a real Chinese what China is like.
The “fish market” also had a section selling wild animals (besides fish). This is not uncommon in China, where eating wild-caught animals has social cache, and the rampant use of “traditional medicine” creates a demand for exotic animals as ingredients.
So the next time you’d like to correct someone, make sure you’re actually correct.
I mean selling wild game and exotics for status-symbol dining or “medicinal” uses, as these become ground zero for outbreaks of zooviruses, or secondary vectors of transmission and help create epidemics like SARS and this new coronavirus strain.
You know, as health experts inside China and around the world have repeatedly called for.
Perhaps it is time to cut back on these “wildlife” markets (also used extensively to traffic endangered species), and/or ineffective “traditional Chinese medicine?”
