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Have you thought about why they call them “wet” markets?
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:14 pm
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I visited the Tai Po wet market in Hong Kong, and it's quite obvious why the term "wet" is used. Live fish in open tubs splash water all over the floor. The countertops of the stalls are red with blood as fish are gutted and filleted right in front of the customers' eyes. Live turtles and crustaceans climb over each other in boxes. Melting ice adds to the slush on the floor. There's lots of water, blood, fish scales and chicken guts. Things are wet.
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But researchers of zoonotic diseases — diseases that jump from animals to humans – pinpoint the wet markets in mainland China as particularly problematic for several reasons. First, these markets often have many different kinds of animals – some wild, some domesticated but not necessarily native to that part of Asia. The stress of captivity in these chaotic markets weakens the animals' immune systems and creates an environment where viruses from different species can mingle, swap bits of their genetic code and spread from one species to another, according to biologist Kevin Olival, vice president for research at the EcoHealth Alliance. When that happens, occasionally a new strain of an animal virus gets a foothold in humans and an outbreak like this current coronavirus erupts.
This post was edited on 4/3/20 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:16 pm to High C
Did you expect something else?
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:17 pm to OweO
Just bringing accurate information in concise form. Look into it.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:21 pm to High C
You mean trading a bunch of wild animals in close proximity with spoiled meat and seafood can lead to the spread of diseases?
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:23 pm to TulaneFan
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spoiled meat and seafood
That depends upon your definition of spoiled. It isn't spoiled as in not a fresh, it is likely spoiled as in contaminated
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:26 pm to High C
fricking China. Bunch of fricking assholes.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:30 pm to PrimeTime Money
We should send in the Navy Seals and shut down every one of these places. Golden Corrals too.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:55 pm to High C
You are about 8 weeks too late with these "hot takes."
Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:59 pm to High C
Yeah and the virus issue comes into play with the blood and feces every where. And some of these species would never come in contact with each other in the wild.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 6:05 pm to OweO
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Did you expect something else?
Blood, guts, urine and feces in the streets
Posted on 4/3/20 at 6:22 pm to High C
What do wet markets have to do with the current pandemic? Are y'all really still buying the story that it started in the wet market?
Posted on 4/3/20 at 6:33 pm to LSUnatick
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You are about 8 weeks too late with these "hot takes."
Not my motive at all.
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