Jane Goodall on viruses

Jane Goodall and friend

Jane Goodall:

“Viruses spilling over from one species to another, which normally wouldn't (happen), animals pushed into closer contact with people (farming) for example, another opportunity for spillover of viruses — and then of course, the animal trafficking and export and the number of animals that are being sold in these so-called wet markets in Asia, but also the bush meat in Africa.

“These viruses have been predicted for many years, and (written about) in the book “Spillover” by David Quammen. People haven't listened; they haven't learned from the last SARS epidemic.”

Still there is some hope in what people are having to go through now, she said.

“The silver lining is that many people for the first time ever have breathed clean air because with the shutdown of some of the big businesses the air has become cleaner in places like Mumbai and Beijing,” Goodall said...