CHANS-Law: Preventing the Next Pandemic through the Integration of Social and Environmental Law
Zoonotic viruses have sacrifced hundreds of millions of people throughout human history. There are currently 1.7 million unidentifed viruses estimated to be circulating in mammal and bird populations. It is foreseeable that in the near future, another of these will transmit to people, heralding the start of the next pandemic-- one potentially more deadly than COVID-19. At the core of this article is a call for pre-emptive protection of the natural environment and its regenerative systems as the frst fundamental step in the prevention of future epidemics and pandemics.
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CHANS-Law: Preventing the Next Pandemic through the Integration of Social and Environmental Law
Author(s):
Kirsten Davies
,
Michelle Lim
,
Tianbao Qin
,
Philip Riordan
Publication Date: 2022
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Zoonotic viruses have sacrifced hundreds of millions of people throughout human history. There are currently 1.7 million unidentifed viruses estimated to be circulating in mammal and bird populations. It is foreseeable that in the near future, another of these will transmit to people, heralding the start of the next pandemic-- one potentially more deadly than COVID-19. At the core of this article is a call for pre-emptive protection of the natural environment and its regenerative systems as the frst fundamental step in the prevention of future epidemics and pandemics.
