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> Some of the scariest viruses of the 20th/21st century emerged in large-scale farming operations

Before that they emerged from small-scale farming. “Whooping cough comes from pigs as does flu as well as from birds; our friend the cow alone is responsible for measles, tuberculosis and smallpox” [1]. Proximity, to humans and animals, drives disease.

[1] https://youtu.be/JEYh5WACqEk

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