🦠'There are 1.7 million undiscovered #viruses lurking in mammals &birds, half of which may have the ability to infect people. .#Pandemics are growing in number as human activities place more stress on the #environment'🌿 —@Sarah_Gibbens via @NatGeo nationalgeographic.com/envir…

Protecting land and animals will mitigate future pandemics, report says

The same forces driving extinction, habitat loss, and climate change will also lead to future pandemics, say an international group of scientists.

nationalgeographic.com

Jan 3, 2021 · 2:18 PM UTC

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Replying to @IPBES @Sarah_Gibbens @NatGeo
Need to stay safe, Less molestation of Natural World.
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Replying to @IPBES @Sarah_Gibbens @NatGeo
If they are undiscovered, how do we know there are 1.7million of them? How do we know there aren't 0.17 million? Or 17million?