The majority of diseases arise from eating animals and destroying the environment

The covid-19 virus came from the wildlife trade, farming and slaughter of animals in a wet market in Wuhan, China. Wet markets are places where live animals are slaughtered and sold on the spot to customers. They are gruesome places where diseases can breed, harbor and transmit to humans. You will often find distressed and sick animals of different species at these markets, many are kept cramped in tiny cages in unsanitary conditions and slaughtered in plain sight of other animals. In order for zoonotic diseases to transmit to humans, there needs to be close contact to the saliva, feces, blood, bodily fluids or consumption of infected animals. The current pandemic has brought international attention and scrutiny to wet markets and the whole wildlife trade. China issued a nationwide ban on the wildlife trade shortly after the outbreak as they recognized it to be a serious threat to human health and safety. This industry, as well as all slaughterhouses, factory farms, and all forms of animal exploitation needs to be  ended permanently to prevent future pandemics.