Could Deforestation Trigger The Next Pandemic?
Tharushi Fernando
February 3, 2024
In today’s world everybody has heard the term “deforestation” as we all are in war with the debt on climate change. Though there are several proposed solutions and suggestions, it is true that the Earth will never be the same as the human generations will continue to populate the world and there comes the need for deforestation.
Deforestation is a result for the gain of timber, farming activities and cultivations. However, the result of deforestation is much larger to the human race as the increase in deforestation has led to unknown highly pathogenic pathogens to escape and infect humans. A long list of diseases include HIV, Zika, SARS-CoV and mpox. Though it is too late to stop the escape of these pathogens, restoring forests could be a solution.