• Lord Wiggle
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    Stop having wild exotic animals in cages in the first place. Or any animal. It’s the reason for virus mutations. It’s how we got every pandemic in history. The plague, black death, Spanish flu, pox, covid, etc, now bird flu lurking around the corner.

    Plus, animal abuse.

    • @Maggoty
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      Rats weren’t exactly in cages… And Spanish Flu was actually Oklahoma Military Training Center Flu.

    • @[email protected]
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      Your compassion for animals is awesome but your information about how and why viruses mutate and spread seems very flawed.

      Yes, viruses may spread faster through animals in captivity which could lead to higher rates of virus mutations. But no, it’s not the cause of every pandemic you have ever heard about. Pinning the cause on one specific behavior is beyond false.

      The black death, specifically, was likely transmitted to humans via fleas from rats, as an example. What’s key, is that nobody has even been able to prove that completely.

      • Lord Wiggle
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        Are you aware rats and fleas are animals too? Humans and animals living close together is the reason viruses mutate. It’s why Europe had many plagues while the americas had none. As soon as Europeans landed there, we brought mayhem with all the viruses we brought with us. It’s because we domesticated animals, while in the americas they did not. We had many rats because of the poor hygiene and living so close together, with others and animals. We should make sure we distance ourselves from many different kinds of animals to reduce the chance or mutations.

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          Viruses mutate with almost every division. Hell, almost every strand of DNA that divides has mutations. It’s a natural phenomenon and not exclusively caused by one particular thing or situation.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation

          You seem to be mixing up a few key aspects of how and why new strains are formed, and somehow, you are overestimating the transmissibility of a virus between different animals.

          It’s like you understand some of the key concepts of this stuff, but animal domestication somehow got mixed in as a root cause for natural processes.

        • @Maggoty
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          Mmm yes that’s why explorers and colonists famously never got sick with diseases from the “New World”.

          Hides Malaria and Ebola under a rug.

          • Lord Wiggle
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            Just because Europe was so packed with people and animals together so much more viruses mutated into plagues doesn’t mean other continents were immune to developing plagues. What is your point? You don’t agree living close with animals increases the chance of mutations? Or are you in favor of exotic animals in cages? Or do you deny Europeans brought loads of diseases to the Americas? What are you trying to accomplish here? All these things I wrote are scientific and historical facts.

            • @Maggoty
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              No they aren’t. Black plague was spread by rats and most likely came from the silk road. You’re talking about pop history, not actual history.

        • Jake Farm
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          The Americas had less domestic animal species yes, but they had their own plagues, they just weren’t recorded.