Wet market

WHO COVID-19 Investigation Is Tainted by Conflict of Interest, Says AHF

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

The institute is located just a few miles away from the wet market where Chinese authorities say SARS-CoV-2 first emerged.

Key Points: 
  • The institute is located just a few miles away from the wet market where Chinese authorities say SARS-CoV-2 first emerged.
  • For the WHO [World Health Organization] investigation in Wuhan to stand up to scientific scrutiny, neutrality is a must, said AHF President Michael Weinstein.
  • Dr. Daszak has a clear-cut conflict of interest that shouldve disqualified him from participation on the WHO team.
  • Now, any conclusions of the investigation will be tainted by one more fragment of uncertainty.

FoA to WHO, UN: Shut down wildlife markets to avoid pandemics

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Monday, April 6, 2020

"The wet markets of the world have for too long cruelly consumed millions of wild animals and endangered the health of the entire planet.

Key Points: 
  • "The wet markets of the world have for too long cruelly consumed millions of wild animals and endangered the health of the entire planet.
  • "We are aware that some persons will be critical of such a closure, arguing that the markets exist to fulfill an important nutritional need.
  • "Particularly in Asia, the markets offer expensive exotic meats that are consumed mostly for vanity reasons such as social status or personal ego.
  • In Africa, however, many people do visit wet markets to buy "bushmeat" for subsistence nutrition.