'Mixed with prejudice': calls for ban on 'wet' markets misguided, experts argue

Cultural nuance and wider view of supply chain ignored in debate following Covid-19 outbreak, say those proposing regulation over banAttacks and calls to ban "wet markets" because of their potential for spreading diseases such as Covid-19 may be missing the point, say experts.Earlier this week Sir Paul McCartney, a long-time vegetarian campaigner, called wet markets "medieval" and said that it made sense to ban them. "When you've got the obscenity of some of the stuff that's going on there and what comes out of it, they might as well be letting off atomic bombs. It's affecting the whole world." Continue reading...