COVID-19

As the United States passes one million mortalities after three years of this horrid pandemic, we must learn lessons to avoid the next one. The most important beginning point is that Covid-19 is a zoonotic disease, that is, originally transmitted to humans via wild animals. Flowing from this are four discrete policy steps to reduce wildlife disease risks that we should take going forward. It’s important to recognize that Homo sapiens has inflicted new diseases onto wild animals that are proportionally worse than what bats and other animals have done to us. We need vastly greater resources aimed at stopping future disease losses on both sides of the equation. We need to set the ecological scales right. In fact, ecohealth is just what we need.

COVID-19 NEWS FROM PEER

BLOG: Self-Dealing, COVID-19 and the Public Trust

U.S. Senators sold millions of dollars in stock after receiving non-public information during Congressional ...

Coronavirus Leaves National Parks in Leaderless Limbo   

Park Entrance Fees Waived as Visitor Centers Shuttered and Staff Telework  

ALERT: Pandemic Perspective

As the novel coronavirus spreads across the country, many people have asked how we plan to continue to our work. ...

Trump’s Misguided Pandemic Talking Points  

Officials Ordered to Praise the President and Downplay Risks  

PEERMail | Bungling Public Health in a Pandemic

The bungled response to the COVID-19 pandemic exposes the rapid decline in the U.S. government’s ability to ...
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