In a legal Petition for Rule-making filed with the US Surgeon General, the PCRM (a nonprofit of 12,000 doctors) demands that US live animal markets be shut down immediately.
AP: In a legal Petition for Rulemaking filed with Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, the U.S. Surgeon General, the Physicians Committee — a nonprofit of 12,000 doctors — demands that U.S. live animal markets be shut down immediately. The Petition for Rulemaking, filed on April 7, is signed by numerous physicians including Eric J. Brandt, MD, of Yale University School of Medicine, and Michelle L. O’Donoghue, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School. “Live animal markets are a welcome mat to coronaviruses. The failure to close a single live animal market in China led to a pandemic that has closed countless businesses worldwide and led to an enormous death toll and economic havoc,” state the doctors in their Petition for Rulemaking…
To underscore the need for government action, the Petition for Rulemaking highlights the unsanitary conditions at the J&B Poultry Market in Philadelphia… The federal government filed a lawsuit against J&B Poultry Market alleging a long series of problems and violations. In 2015, inspectors from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health found unclean “plucking equipment,” cages “encrusted with fecal matter,” and “slaughtering equipment encrusted with bird feathers and bird waste.” J&B Poultry Market is now operating under the name Shun Li Live Poultry Market/S&L Poultry Market Inc…
Live animal markets are a breeding ground for organisms that may not cause disease in animal hosts but can be deadly to humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “more than 6 out of every 10 known infectious diseases in people can be spread from animals, and 3 out of every 4 new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from animals.” Outbreaks cause death and, in the case of Covid-19, significant economic harm. To build immunity, the Physicians Committee recommends healthful, plant-based meals as well as getting enough sleep and exercise. Studies show that affordable, plant-based options can help people prevent and even reverse diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure, among other conditions. SOURCE…
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