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I think the OP is guilty (as are many) of ascribing their own pet issues as part of the “cause” for CV19.
Such as thinly veiled racism. It's come from those "dirty" Chinese who were eating bats, remember. Any opportunity. Meanwhile, Trumpalumpa insists on calling it "the Chinese virus" and his supporters argue that "it comes from China, so what's the problem?" whilst neatly ignoring the fact that it has an official name and it's not that so it rather draws into question your motives for not using it.
(I'm probably going to regret writing that, no doubt it'll be taken out of context and splashed all over a certain someone's Twitter account presenting it as my opinion and asserting I'm saying the complete opposite of what I've just said, but hey ho.)
C-19 seems to jump between species very easily – if you get c-19 the chances are your pet dog or cat will get it too
That being the case, is there not a risk that your cat can go out, catch cat aids COV19 and bring it back into the house to infect everyone else?
Should I stop licking my cat?
Wow, that post is real a low point, even by your standards Couger.
I don’t think the question of how the Virus came to be is being ignored as such I just don’t think the evidence gathering/analysis is yet complete. It’s being worked on around the world, as part of the efforts to understand and it and in turn devise more effective treatments.
SARS, MERS, Avian Flu, Swine flu, BSE, Ebola, etc. etc, I don't think I'm projecting at all. Covid is a warning shot but it seems that no one wants to listen.
"Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s destruction of nature, according to leaders at the UN, WHO and WWF International, and the world has been ignoring this stark reality for decades.
We have seen many diseases emerge over the years, such as Zika, Aids, Sars and Ebola and they all originated from animal populations under conditions of severe environmental pressures,” said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, head of the UN convention on biological diversity
"Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature". Marco Lambertini is director general of WWF International
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/17/coronavirus-warning-broken-relationship-nature
"Coronavirus: world treating symptoms, not cause of pandemics, says UN:
The world is treating the health and economic symptoms of the coronavirus pandemic but not the environmental cause, according to the authors of a UN report. As a result, a steady stream of diseases can be expected to jump from animals to humans in coming years, they say.
The number of such “zoonotic” epidemics is rising, from Ebola to Sars to West Nile virus and Rift Valley fever, with the root cause being the destruction of nature by humans and the growing demand for meat, the report says."
"'We did it to ourselves': scientist says intrusion into nature led to pandemic:
The vast illegal wildlife trade and humanity’s excessive intrusion into nature is to blame for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading US scientist who says “this is not nature’s revenge, we did it to ourselves”.
Scientists are discovering two to four new viruses are created every year as a result of human infringement on the natural world, and any one of those could turn into a pandemic, according to Thomas Lovejoy, who coined the term “biological diversity” in 1980 and is often referred to as the godfather of biodiversity."
"Promiscuous treatment of nature' will lead to more pandemics – scientists:
Humanity’s “promiscuous treatment of nature” needs to change or there will be more deadly pandemics such as Covid-19, warn scientists who have analysed the link between viruses, wildlife and habitat destruction."
"Agriculture and overuse greater threats to wildlife than climate change – study:
It found that 6,241 (72%) of the studied species were affected by overexploitation – logging, hunting, fishing or gathering species from the wild at rates that cannot be compensated for by reproduction or regrowth."
The adjustments we have to make to our lifestyles would not be painful, yet if we do not, the consequences could be fatal. I just don't get it. But it seems people don't know and don't want to know.
I don’t think I’m projecting at all
But then post the views of biodiversity and agriculture experts? Who no doubt have been campaigning to curtail intensive agriculture for years.
I'm not saying they've written isn't true, it might be - but when discussing the origins of a virus, "scientist" isn't really a helpful measure of a persons expertise. The only person who's option counts is an epidemiologist. My understanding is that we don't really have any idea where this new virus has come from yet, or how it jumped species - so anybody that writes a report saying they do, warrants scrutiny re: their qualifications and motivation.
Heard somebody on tv yesterday give oxygen to the "made in a lab" theory ffs. And given the clusters we are seeing in meatpacking plants, it's possible that the wet market in Wuhan wasn't actually the primary source.... just a cluster of cases.
I happen to agree with you, I think we need to have a much wider discussion about how to address the issue of emerging viruses at their source. But the time to do that is when we know what the source is.
But then post the views of biodiversity and agriculture experts?
An epidemiologist will tell you how the virus 'jumped' from one species to another. Biodiversity and agricultural experts will tell you why. I think we desperately need to listen to both.