If he is correct, Alex Long of the Woodrow Wilson International Center broke a huge story.
This essay by Alex Long of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars contains a bombshell. If he didn't make a mistake and African Swine Fever is being considered a zoonotic disease, scientists who have linked AIDS to African Swine Fever may be one step closer to being proven correct.
"Climate change as well as human overpopulation and industry have drastically altered environments and changed the population dynamics. These changes are important to understanding new ecosystem interactions but are largely ignored by the organizations tasked with zoonosis research. Organizations, like the previously mentioned One Health, are looking at specific zoonotic diseases like Rift Valley Fever, African Swine Fever, or Zika. But what they are not always doing is monitoring the general environment around the disease vectors. Without sufficient evidence that a species or area is under the threat of a disease, these organizations redirect their resources to locations of high risk."
--Alex Long
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/zoonotic-diseases-and-the-possibilities-ebv-monitoring
"Climate change as well as human overpopulation and industry have drastically altered environments and changed the population dynamics. These changes are important to understanding new ecosystem interactions but are largely ignored by the organizations tasked with zoonosis research. Organizations, like the previously mentioned One Health, are looking at specific zoonotic diseases like Rift Valley Fever, African Swine Fever, or Zika. But what they are not always doing is monitoring the general environment around the disease vectors. Without sufficient evidence that a species or area is under the threat of a disease, these organizations redirect their resources to locations of high risk."
--Alex Long
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/zoonotic-diseases-and-the-possibilities-ebv-monitoring
