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![]() Understand the Ecology of Disease:-
![]() We are heavily exploiting - and thus destroying - Nature. For 'civilised' life, 'fun', medical research and greedy profit. And so we are effectively self-harming. Ourselves and our descendants. Coronavirus is but the start. Worse disease and ecological breakdown is to come unless we start cooperating with Nature... The house is on fire
and we are all locked in, because of a disease that came from our mismanagement
of nature. (Inger Anderson, head of the UN Environment Programme, cited at BBC, posted 30 September 2020, accessed 1 October 2020)
So, stop blaming China for Covid-19 (e.g. Trump). Stop blaming its deliberate release by a satanic elite (e.g. QAnon). The capitalist system in its ignorance and greed is to blame. The billionaire elite and corporations of the Rich World need to be removed from power. Although capitalism did not deliberately create coronavirus, it was a direct consequence of its inhuman policy. Similarly it has created the current Climate and Ecological Emergency. The climate crisis is not
a human-induced disaster. It's an economic crime scene.
(Julia Steinberger, Professor in Social Ecology & Ecological Economics, 25 September 2020 tweet) These crises - health, environmental - can be largely averted by creating a just and sustainable money and political system. ![]() We need to care for Nature and in doing so we truly care for us and our children:-
For me, the deep story is that if the capitalist, greedy, corporate, nature-exploiting system did not rule Earth (see here), then pandemics would be so much less likely = far less deaths from pandemics + manmade climate change + loss of biodiversity and food supply collapse = the complicated situation from pandemic lockdowns may never arise. Or as Ricardo Rocha (University of Porto, Portugal, cited at BBC, posted and accessed 13 October 2020) puts it more politely: "If there is a big take-home message from this unfortunate moment in history [coronavirus] it's that making nature ill, makes us ill." Pandemics also require so much plastic PPE and this has only further polluted Nature. Less pandemics means less plastic pollution = cleaner Nature = healthier humans! Instead of Covid-19's "Space - Face - Hands" (i.e. distancing, masks, handwashing), if we truly want to save lives long-term, the message is simply "Save Nature". In other words, the real story is: ‘Change the (fucked-up) system and save far more lives, both animal and human’. ![]() Further Quotes Pandemics are not a question of fearful and anxious reaction, but rather all about wise prevention. By preserving biodiversity and honouring Nature, we prevent pandemics. Since 1994, there have been seven diseases caused by our severe abuse of nature. Covid-19 has been the first global pandemic. Unless we want more, put Nature first! (Inspired by Extinction Rebellion Madrid 5 November 2020 tweet) 'Turning wild spaces into farmland and cities has created more opportunities for animal diseases to cross into humans, scientists have warned. Our transformation of the natural landscape drives out many wild animals, but favours species more likely to carry diseases, a study suggests. The work adds to growing evidence that exploitation of nature fuels pandemics. Scientists estimate that three out of every four new emerging infectious diseases come from animals... When humans modify habitats, more unique species are consistently lost and are replaced by species that are found everywhere, such as pigeons in cities and rats in farmland. These survivors appear to be the ones that host the highest number of diseases. They include certain rodents, bats and birds.' (BBC, posted 5 August 2020, accessed 8 August 2020) 'The world is in an “era of pandemics” and unless the destruction of the natural world is halted they will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, kill more people and affect the global economy with more devastating impact than ever before, according to a report from some of the world’s leading scientists. The emergence of diseases such as Covid-19, bird flu and HIV from animals was entirely driven by the razing of wild places for farming and the trade in wild species, which brought people into contact with the dangerous microbes, the experts said. “The risk of pandemics is increasing rapidly, with more than five new diseases emerging in people every year, any one of which has the potential to become pandemic,” the report says. It estimates there are more than 500,000 unknown viruses in mammals and birds that could infect humans. The current approach to disease outbreaks is trying to contain them and develop treatments or vaccines, which the scientists say is a “slow and uncertain path”. Instead the root causes must be tackled, including stopping the demolition of forests to produce meat, palm oil, metals and other commodities for richer countries.' (The Guardian, posted and accessed 29 October 2020) New coalition calls on governments to tackle root cause of emerging infections – the destruction of nature... Global spending to date in response to Covid-19 is believed to exceed $20tn (£14.45tn) but a study from July estimated spending just $27bn a year would substantially reduce the risks of another pandemic on the scale of the coronavirus outbreak. (The Guardian, posted and accessed 9 March 2021) ![]() Resources
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