Emerging zoonoses, such as
Covid-19, have been around for a long time and are expected to multiply in the
coming years. According to scientists, human activities and their impact on
previously preserved ecosystems are the cause.
Ebola, Covid-19, AIDS, all these
viral diseases thrived in animals before crossing the species barrier,
sometimes several times, and infecting humans. Regularly, zoonoses emerge from
biodiversity hotspots.
A decade ago, it was thought that
pristine and intact tropical forests posed a threat to human health, because of
all the exotic species that lived there.
But recent research proves just
the opposite. It is the alteration of ecosystems by human activity that makes
biodiversity hotspots dangerous, not just their presence. The construction of
roads through the tropical forest or the splitting of ecosystems to install
cities or fields there create the ideal conditions for the emergence of new
diseases such as Covid-19. And it is not about to stop.
"There is a misunderstanding among scientists and the public that natural ecosystems are a source
of threat to us. Nature contains threats, it is true, but it is human activities that cause damage.
The health risk in a natural environment can be aggravated when one interferes
with it, ”explains Richard Osfeld, emeritus scientist of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
in New York in an article published on the Ensia site.
Scientists "virus hunters" have alerted for more than ten years to the emergence of new diseases
linked to deforestation. Malaria, Ebola, Covid-19….
Human aggression on ecosystems ends up endangering human lives.
The appearance of these astonishing new pathogens, like the coronavirus responsible for Covid-19,
is nothing other than the result of the destruction of the ecosystems,
from which suffer in particular the tropical zones,
where they are destroyed to make make way for intensive industrial monocultures.
The emergence of these diseases also stems from the manipulation and trafficking of wild flora
and fauna, which are often threatened with extinction.
The disastrous mutilation of nature by man
Do not blame bats, mosquitoes, mice or pangolins. No,
the problem comes from what we do to their ecosystems, it is linked
to the fact that we regroup and manipulate them in artificial environments.
This is the real recipe for coronavirus,
which is likely to be the source of a global recession. In other words,
mutilating ecosystems is very expensive.
So the Covid- 19 Is a form of revenge for what we do every day to nature,
and to the environment, not only polluting the atmosphere and / or making species disappear,
but also by manipulation not responsible for the ecosystems that surround us,
by exploiting them without any study or conscience (Economy first).
So it is taking shape, concretely that the cause of the proliferation of viruses,
is our unconsciousness to manage the problems of the planet or rather to manage our behavior
on our house earth!
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