The SARS Coronavirus and Wet Markets
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2020-06-03

The role wet markets (live animal markets) and the trade in exotic animals have played in the emergence of deadly coronavirus outbreaks such as SARS.

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This is the 2nd in a 17-video series on pandemics and COVID-19. First, we looked at Where Do Deadly Coronaviruses Like MERS-CoV Come From? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/where-do-deadly-coronaviruses-like-mers-cov-come-from)

We continue exploring the sources of these viruses next, in:
· Where Did the COVID-19 Coronavirus Come From? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/where-did-the-covid-19-coronavirus-come-from)
· The Last Coronavirus Pandemic May Have Been Caused by Livestock (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-last-coronavirus-pandemic-may-have-been-caused-by-livestock)

You can download the whole series (for free) right now at https://drgreger.org/collections/downloads/products/how-to-survive-a-pandemic-digital and take an even deeper dive in my new book How to Survive a Pandemic (https://nutritionfacts.org/how-to-survive-a-pandemic/) (note: all my proceeds from this book are donated to pandemic prevention charities such as the Good Food Institute (https://www.gfi.org/), Plant-Based Foods Association (https://plantbasedfoods.org/), A Well-Fed World (https://awellfedworld.org/), and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/)).

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