Chinese government already admitted cases were circulating before the wet market and it wasn’t the origin.
I understand that and agree. However, I still think wet markets should be ended if there are not strict food safety measures in place.
We have dodged many bullets. These markets remain the most likely accidental vector of a pandemic for humanity. They are not regulated or monitored.
Thirty years ago I would not care, but in a world where people travel from one end of the globe to the other within a day via air travel the risks have never been greater that a person infected because of “bat soup” could potentially infect dozens via air travel who end up in dozens of locations.
It is very real. It was real in the early 90’s when I was a grad student and it is no better today. In fact, I am surprised we have not had a wet market pandemic in the past few decades. It is just a different world. Open borders, easy international travel, and populations with no immunity or awareness of pathogens that have been around for centuries in some of these places.