Does she have a point?

[wobs]

Plus, at current levels of consumption / emissions / degradation, the 7 billion already here are killing the planet as we know it.
How the planet will fare with 12 billion on it, heaven only knows....

Which is why we need clean economic growth (and ultimately no growth in GDP). We need to start measuring in terms of well being and and whole range of metics such as here:
https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/

Some good news though is that we are seeing a peak in the amount of stuff that people will buy. This will help to ultimately limit growth in the long term.

 

[wobs]

BTW, a key quote from the OP is:

“The one thing I had learned from this is I should never use irony,” she said.

 

[Vinty]

IMHO, the chinese government should now act to stop these markets.
Really, after SARS, they should have been banned then.

Oh look, they did.

(Well, only a bit).


Like buses, there'll be another one along........

Unless something is done to stop these wet markets this latest coronavirus epidemic wont be the last.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/opinion/coronavirus-china-pangolins.html

 

[IT Minion]

Unless every single human being dies then this won't be the last epidemic. Ending epidemics is firmly science fiction right now.

Reducing the chances of them and improving our ability to identify and treat them are very different things though. And in my humble opinion, well worth work and investment.

Even if we did die out it'll happen to other animals and plants.

 

[SirGalahad]

Unless every single human being dies then this won't be the last epidemic. Ending epidemics is firmly science fiction right now.

Reducing the chances of them and improving our ability to identify and treat them are very different things though. And in my humble opinion, well worth work and investment.

Even if we did die out it'll happen to other animals and plants.

You should tell that to Trump cutting funding to the CDC.

 

[IT Minion]

You should tell that to Trump cutting funding to the CDC.

Something tells me he isn't waiting on my opinion with baited breath. More fool him really.