Repost from @cornellvet • "While there are literally hundreds of thousands of viruses in mammals alone, there are really only three basic ways we, through our own behaviours, invite them into humanity’s living room," says Steve Osofsky, D.V.M. '89, director of @wildlifecornell. "We eat or trade the body parts of wild animals; we capture and mix wild species together to trade them in markets; and we destroy what’s left of wild nature at a dizzying pace (think deforestation), greatly enhancing our encounter rates with new pathogens along the way." ⠀ Given the current pandemic, Osofsky says, "It’s time for markets selling wildlife (especially bats, primates and rodents) to be deemed totally unacceptable to humanity. It’s time for us to adopt some behavioural distancing when it comes to wild nature." ⠀ #CornellVet #Cornell #Wildlife #Veterinary #VeterinaryMedicine #VedMed #VetSchool #VetSchoolLife #WildlifeCornell https://www.instagram.com/p/B-9uHuQpzok/?igshid=t9j2ywwiegea
