This law student note presumes that important zoonotic jumps from animals to humans occur in the USA, leading to a recommendation to more tightly regulate live animal importation. For most salient examples, such as COVID and HIV/AIDS, zoonotic transmission was outside the USA.
@infectiousdz.bsky.socialThe Harvard Law Review on "The Import of Zoonotic Diseases" in the US.
A timely review as climate and environmental changes, extractive and agricultural industries, and increasing human mobility heighten our risk of exposure to zoonotic infections.
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
harvardlawreview.org
The Import of Zoonotic Diseases
Introduction In 2020, “zoonosis”Zoonoses are “any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans.” Zoonoses, WHO (July 29, 2020), https:/