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Re:Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic? (2017) by DyslexicAtheist on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:56PM (#22629316)
what makes these wet markets different to similar cases in Africa where "bush meat" is consumed? Is it just an equal risk in China as it is in Africa or is there something unique about China (e.g. climate, lack of oversight, central planning)? Or is it just the news cycle and that we choose focus on China right now since the recent bird flu and SARS being fresh in memory?

whoever wrote this must have felt like a modern Cassandra.

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Re:Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic? (2017) by realityking on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:59PM (#22629345)
From my understanding China’s population density (it’s very urbanized at this point) and interconnection with global travel make it more dangerous.
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Re:Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic? (2017) by icsllaf on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:00PM (#22629357)
China is much more internationally connected and densely populated than Africa is. Pretty much why the rate of international infection skyrocketed after the disease got to Italy.

Africa also it's share of problems and diseases.See Ebola.

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Re:Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic? (2017) by beamatronic on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:30PM (#22629674)
“Wet market” is like combination slaughter house and grocery store where floor never dries from constantly hosing down fluids. It’s not sanitary.
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