Over the past few decades, outbreaks of novel diseases (zoonoses in particular) have increased in frequency and impact, culminating in the COVID-19 pandemic – the largest infectious disease event since the 1918-19 influenza outbreak. The causes of this rise can be traced to human activities such as deforestation, land use change, agricultural intensification and the wildlife trade, that drive increasing connection between animal reservoir hosts and people, and the pathogens we end up sharing. In this talk I will present scientific research on the causes and origins of emerging diseases, that suggests many elements of the process of disease emergence are predictable, and ultimately preventable.

~  Peter Daszak

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