https://www.scmp.com/rss/503498/feed Professor Dirk U. Pfeiffer is Chow Tak Fung Chair Professor of One Health at City University of Hong Kong. He is also a member of a number of worldwide advisory committees tackling zoonotic diseases. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cultural differences in risk perception play an important role when it comes to the emergence of new infectious diseases associated with the animal-human interface. An example is the meat consumption behaviours in different parts of the world; in the context of the emergence of the new coronavirus in Wuhan, it is the consumption of meat derived from wild animals. There is a video circulating on the internet showing a Chinese woman eating a cooked bat, apparently with some delight. This sight... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3047909/wild-animal-link-coronavirus-outbreak-should-revolutionise-public?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3047909/wild-animal-link-coronavirus-outbreak-should-revolutionise-public?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Jan 2020 03:00:05 +0000