How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters shared it during early 2020 as a clear explanation of wet markets and how human encroachment on wildlife drives outbreaks.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Vox

Topic

wildlife trade and zoonotic disease

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2020

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From the original HN conversations

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• I highly suggest you this video [1] from Vox which explains why virus outbreaks (like SARS, Ebola etc) usually appear in wet markets, like the one in Wuhan. [1] [VIDEO]

• Absolutely. The worst thing is that whenever these pandemics happen China does ban them but they a few months later they allow them to reopen. Do they think that the same thing won't happen again? Vox put out a pretty good video on wet markets …

• It's not the same. Live ocean creatures are isolated from each other. They're stored in water-tight containers by necessity. By contrast, live land animals are stored in cages and often stacked on top of each other. Vox has a video explaining "Why new diseases keep …