COVID-19: Brought To You By Bats & Pangolins . . . Or. . . Inequality?

A strange anteater-like critter covered on heavy scales
An Indian Pangolin: coronavirus culprit, or just a convenient fall guy?

An intriguing article in The GuardianĀ dares to turn the cause of pandemics on its head. It offers historical evidence that, whatever ‘bug’ might trigger an outbreak of illness, the explosion into epidemic or pandemic proportions is a result of crowding and poverty. Historically, the vulnerability of a social underclass to disease is a strong candidate to be considered as the true foundation of the pandemic.

Read more inĀ The Guardian: Inequality Doesn’t Just Make Pandemics Worse ā€“ It Could Cause Them

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