Chapter summary: Influence/Speechless.
In Chapter five ,"Influence/Speechless," of the expository book Eating Animals, Jonathan Foer is concerned about viruses spreading slowly through domestic and factory farming called H5N1. The virus first acknowledge in Hong Kong, that killed 6 people. The victims include a three years old Lam Hoi Ka.
Some researchers believed that the virus originated from chickens that jumped to humans. In the chapter, Foer introduces many examples that correspond to H5N1 like the "Spanish Flu" of 1918, that killed 100 millions worldwide. The H5N1 isn't much of a threat for now, however researchers found that this new virus could mutate to other animals that could potentially spread all over the world. Foer also mentioned how containers that animlas are being put into after being slaughtered which is were the most of the germs spread. The central idea for the chapter is that new viruses, which moved between farmed animals amd humans will be a major global health threat for the future, starting today.
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| Lam Hoi Ka's picture holding by his mother. |
Some researchers believed that the virus originated from chickens that jumped to humans. In the chapter, Foer introduces many examples that correspond to H5N1 like the "Spanish Flu" of 1918, that killed 100 millions worldwide. The H5N1 isn't much of a threat for now, however researchers found that this new virus could mutate to other animals that could potentially spread all over the world. Foer also mentioned how containers that animlas are being put into after being slaughtered which is were the most of the germs spread. The central idea for the chapter is that new viruses, which moved between farmed animals amd humans will be a major global health threat for the future, starting today.
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