Scientists Warn Worse Pandemics Are on the Way if We Don't Protect Nature

Scientists Warn Worse Pandemics Are on the Way if We Don't Protect Nature

"Business as usual will not work. Business as usual right now for pandemics is waiting for them to emerge and hoping for a vaccine. That's not a good strategy. We need to deal with the underlying drivers."Their assessment has been supported recently by others in the scientific community. A study pub...

Key quotation: "Scientists warn that 1.7 million unidentified viruses known to infect people are estimated to exist in mammals and water birds. Any one of these may be more disruptive and lethal than COVID-19."