New coronavirus can spread between humans, but started in a wildlife market

Re:New coronavirus can spread between humans, but started in... by sgustard on Saturday January 25, 2020 @04:46PM (#22148819)

I've been told by friends in China that modern cities like Beijing shut down these markets years ago. It's still a holdover from the huge migration from rural to urban environments, and a cultural preference for eating wild meats, more so than a cost of living issue.

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Re:New coronavirus can spread between humans, but started in... by alisonatwork on Saturday January 25, 2020 @08:16PM (#22149758)

Wuhan is a modern city.

I've never been to Beijing but I have visited two of the other tier one cities and I can assure you wet markets still exist there.

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Re:New coronavirus can spread between humans, but started in... by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Saturday January 25, 2020 @08:54PM (#22149881)

In places like Singapore (Chinese dominant culture, but different government), wet markets exist, but they don't sell unregulated wild meat.

I gather the one in Wuhan wasn't supposed to either, but either enforcement was lacking or they were paid to look the other way.

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Re:New coronavirus can spread between humans, but started in... by khuey on Saturday January 25, 2020 @10:10PM (#22150148)

How much unregulated wild meat is there in the city-state of Singapore to begin with?

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Re:New coronavirus can spread between humans, but started in... by isatty on Monday January 27, 2020 @10:36AM (#22160220)

Close to none.

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