animals + diseases + men

first in 1999, we had the nipah virus, which was said to come from pig, affecting people with disease. people were afraid of eating pork.

then came mad cow disease. people were afraid of eating beef.

and from china, came SARS, which health experts had narrowed down to the cause coming from civet cats.

then the lateset we have the bird flu, which made people wary of eating chicken.

do not eat por…… do not eat beef…… do not eat chicken…….

diseases spread by pigs……. cows……. chicken…….

what does this tells us?

we should go vegetarian? animals are no good as it spread diseases?

now now don’t blame the animals please. it’s a pity i can’t remember where i read one article that says actually it is us humans who contribute to those animals being infected with the virus, or contributed to animals spreading diseases.

well just look at the simple example of malaria. when we carelessly leave pots of water around in our garden, we breed the mosquitoes, who might be the malaria carrier mosquitoes. and for the diesease of cholera… do not blame on housefly but on yourself when you do not care of your hygeine.

men, oh men, when you fall sick, you blame the animals/insects but do take time to ponder how the animals brought about the diseases.