Calls for ban on ‘wet’ markets ‘misguided’, ‘experts’ argue

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Cultural nuance and wider view of supply chain ignored in debate following Covid-19 outbreak, say those proposing regulation over ban

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/15/mixed-with-prejudice-calls-for-ban-on-wet-markets-misguided-experts-argue-coronavirus

Pig carcasses are chopped and hung for sale display at a Taipei wet market.
Millions of people around the world sell their wares at so-called ‘wet’ markets. Photograph: Jo-Anne McArthur/Weanimals
Michael Standaert in Shenzhen
Published onWed 15 Apr 2020 07.59 EDT
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Attacks and calls to ban “wet markets” because of their potential for spreading diseases such as Covid-19 may be missing the point, say experts.

Earlier this week Sir Paul McCartney, a long-time vegetarian campaigner, called wet markets “medieval” and said that it made sense to ban them. “When you’ve got the obscenity of some of the stuff that’s going on there and what comes out of it, they might as well be letting off atomic bombs. It’s affecting the whole world.”

Last week more than 60 US lawmakers called for a global ban on what are referred to interchangeably as…

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