Cost of preventing next pandemic 'equal to just 2% of Covid-19 economic damage'
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Science | The Guardian on (#562XN)
World must act now to protect wildlife in order to stop future virus crises, say scientists
The cost of preventing further pandemics over the next decade by protecting wildlife and forests would equate to just 2% of the estimated financial damage caused by Covid-19, according to a new analysis.
Two new viruses a year had spilled from their wildlife hosts into humans over the last century, the researchers said, with the growing destruction of nature meaning the risk today is higher than ever.
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