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Now that factory farming is implicated in three of the greatest threats to humankind – global pandemics, antibiotic resistance, and climate change – it is very hard to defend consuming factory-farmed meat. And that would be true even if we weren't moved by animal suffering. /1
Quite apart from the story of how the virus jumped from animal to human populations, on the role of factory farming in spreading covid-19. /2 https://www.france24.com/en/20200524-covid-19-how-the-meat-industry-became-a-global-health-liability
On factory farming and antibiotic resistance. /3 https://www.wired.com/story/farm-animals-are-the-next-big-antibiotic-resistance-threat/
On factory farming and climate change and other environmental problems. /4 https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/animal-factory-farms-an-environmental-catastrophe
You could think of it in Coaseian terms: How much would meat eaters need to pay vegetarians to compensate for the dangers posed to them by pandemics, antibiotic resistance, and climate change? Somebody should do a survey, but I'm guessing the answer is a *massive* amount. /5
And none of this takes into account the suffering of the animals involved.
I'm not a vegetarian and confess that I enjoy a good steak as much as anyone. But I don't see how we can in good conscience continue to consume factory-farmed meat given what we know now. /fin
I'm not a vegetarian and confess that I enjoy a good steak as much as anyone. But I don't see how we can in good conscience continue to consume factory-farmed meat given what we know now. /fin
