Isn’t it time we stopped using animals?

The CDC has estimated that three out of every four new or emerging diseases in people come from animals and yet we haven’t taken the elementary step of eliminating our animal exploitation practices. Just think that every time we purchase an animal product, we are setting in motion a series of events that leads to another human being exploiting another innocent animal for the replacement product, potentially unleashing the next zoonotic disease to infect our species.

Is that animal product really worth the risk? Isn’t it time we stopped using animals?

The coronavirus COVID-19 has a combination of infectiousness and lethality that makes it one of the most frightening zoonotic diseases that we have inflicted upon ourselves through our exploitation of animals. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the mortality rate of COVID-19 is 3.4%, while Dr. Marc Lipsitch of the Harvard School of Public Health estimates that 40% to 70% of the world population could be infected by COVID-19 within one year. If these estimates hold true, we are looking at 106M-186M additional deaths this year. Before COVID-19, the world death rate was about 60M each year.

Is eating bat soup or burgers really worth such pandemics? Isn’t it time we stopped using animals?

Italy had about 600 cases of COVID-19 infections on Feb 27, 2020. By March 10, within a couple of weeks, Italy had over 9000 cases of COVID-19 and the entire nation was in lockdown. In contrast, the US had about 700 cases of COVID-19 infections on March 10. What do we think will happen in the US by March 24, in a couple of weeks?

Isn’t it time we stopped using animals?

The mortality rate of COVID-19 is highest among adults who have underlying risk factors such as diabetes and heart disease. Diabetes and heart disease can be mitigated and even reversed if we stopped eating animals and adopted a whole foods plant-based Vegan diet.

Isn’t it time we stopped using animals?

I think it’s time we unleash our imaginations and realize a Vegan World as soon as possible. The planet, the animals and our health depends on it.

Please join us and let’s get cracking..