Upstream Causes of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Need for Public Education

The last year we have seen COVID-19 spread across the globe with unprecedented deaths and illness while racking havoc on the global economy. People are eager to return to normal and are optimistic that vaccines are now rolling out. However, it must be understood that the conditions that are responsible for zoonosis pandemics are a product of the development of industrial agriculture and until we change how we produce food, we are likely to continue to experience pandemics more frequently. There is a need for education of the public and politicians that we must do more than deal with this pandemic, we must actively work toward changing global food production systems.