More alarmism and hysteria spread by the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)! The AAAS is irresponsible and reckless! And the AAAS blames climate change!
Humans have domesticated animals for about 15,000 years. If there was such a danger from zoonoses we would be all dead a long time ago!
"As the COVID-19 pandemic made painfully clear, diseases that spillover from animals to humans [???]can cause devastating outbreaks. Evaluating which animals are likely reservoirs for potential pathogens and studying the nature of the diseases they carry is understandably a priority for epidemiological research. But researchers may not need to trek deep into jungles or go spelunking to find the next zoonotic virus—it may already be lurking in our homes or backyards, inside our favorite furry and feathered friends. ..." (Source)
From the abstract:
"The spillover of human infectious diseases from animal reservoirs is now well appreciated [???]. However, societal and climate-related changes [???] are affecting the dynamics of such interfaces. In addition to the disruption of traditional wildlife habitats, in part because of climate change [???] and human demographics and behavior, there is an increasing zoonotic disease risk from companion animals. This includes such factors as the awareness of animals kept as domestic pets and increasing populations of free-ranging animals in peri-domestic environments. This review presents background and commentary focusing on companion and peri-domestic animals as disease risk for humans, taking into account the human-animal interface and population dynamics between the animals themselves."
Fig. 1. Pathways for zoonotic spillovers between and via (peri-)domestic species.
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