Rowan Scarbough at the Washington Times offers a piece on how Communist China allowed wild animal markets to remain open and the sale and consumption of bats are suspected of causing COVID-19.
Communist China has allowed wild animal markets to offer
live bats, raccoons, civets and other species, and a series of studies shows
the animals are teeming with viruses that threaten humans.
Scientific studies concluded that the 2002 SARS epidemic
likely started from coronaviruses in bats that made their way to humans in
Guangdong province. Chinese tastes favor raw bats, snakes and other animals
that are bought live and slaughtered.
Today, bats are suspected as the source for the
devastating coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Officially known as SARS-CoV-2,
it was first reported in Wuhan, China, in November or December. Wildlife groups
have urged Beijing for years to shut down sales and consumption of these
animals.
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