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Scientists Confirm Bird Flu Is Now Spreading Between Mammals
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If anyone wants help going vegan, I'd be happy to help. Even if it's infeasible to get enough people in the world to stop eating animals fast enough to avert the next pandemic, there is evidence that people who eat plant-based have better outcomes from getting sick, as well as just getting sick less in general. Not to mention getting animal products out of your homes reduces one of the vectors through which pathogens can spread. So at the very least you'd be giving yourself your own best chance (just keep in mind it's no replacement for vaccinations!)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=047C-mMQpSE
Sounds like a steak side salad would be beneficial.
No, no it would not be beneficial. That would be the opposite of beneficial (unless it's plant-based steak).
Beneficial for the human.
Eating the flesh of an animal is not good for anyone. It's not good for the animal who was abused their whole life and murdered. It's not good for the environment. It's not good for all the beings who get sick from pathogens because of it. And it's not even good for the human animal who consumes the other animal's flesh.
It tastes nice and is a source of protein, iron and other minerals.
True in some cases.
True in most cases.
True. But pathogens also exist on plants. Which is why food standards exist that cover both.
I spent years feeling guilty eating factory farmed meat from fast food chains and supermarkets. I knew it was bad, but I gave into peer pressure and was lazy, I didn't want to sacrifice eating a bunch of foods that I liked, plus I believed all the myths about nutrition deficiency and so forth.
But eventually I watched the Food Inc. documentary, that pushed me over the edge. I couldn't keep being a hypocrite, I knew I had to make a change and I went 100% Vegetarian later that month. It's been over 4 years now and I am healthier than I've ever been in my life.
I actually still believed the myths about nutrition for vegans/vegetarians when I made the switch, I just excepted that it was morally right and I would just have to except being weak and somewhat malnourished. But about 6 months into my switch, I came across the Game Changers documentary which debunked all of the myths about nutrition I had been told.
I have cut out the majority of dairy products from my diet too and drink Soy or Oat milk now. I cook with it for pancakes and other recipes that traditionally call for milk.
Overall, it has been fantastic for my health, plus I've convinced several family members to cut down on their meat consumption significantly, and two of them have even gone Pescatarian.