What are the links between #WildlifeTrade and pandemics?🐸🐍 πŸ“–@IPBES #PandemicsReport found that it is a globally important risk for future pandemics πŸ’­@MyFrogCroaked explores this question in the new article for @NatGeo nationalgeographic.com/anima…

Jan 19, 2022 Β· 2:00 PM UTC

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As recent emails show, top virologists such as Robert Garry *privately* considered the current pandemic didn't arise in nature. There needs to be a moratorium on gain-of-function research.
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I'm always eager to speak more about this issue & work to help fix it! As a former USFWS wildlife trade law enforcement officer, I developed a unique perspective of what needs to be changed within this system to better protect people & wildlife in the future.
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The links are lunatics taking a virus from nature and making them more lethal .
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