Nature and COVID-19: The pandemic the environment and the way ahead

摘要

COVID-19 has spread between humans and farmed wild mink, causing hundreds of human infections. The USA, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and the Netherlands have been affected, and the latter two have culled their total mink population and virtually closed the industry at substantial economic and social cost. Fur farms are now being banned in many countries, at least partly because of concerns about the spread of zoonotic diseases. Photo by Dzivnieku Briviba (Onyx AB 08 licensed under CC BY 2.0)