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Snakes make good food. Banning farms won't help the fight against coronavirus

  • Written by Daniel Natusch, Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
Snakes make good food. Banning farms won't help the fight against coronavirus

The wildlife trade has long been closely linked to disease outbreaks. It has been implicated in the SARS epidemic of 2002, Ebola in 2013 and now in the COVID-19 coronavirus.

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, China has tentatively banned the farming of many wildlife species. The move has been celebrated by many in the international community.

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