The destruction and intensive exploitation of ecosystems in the world also has a direct connection with the latest Coronavirus pandemic

It is increasingly clear and scientifically proven that epidemics, which have afflicted many areas of the earth in the recent past, and today, through the coronavirus, we have entered a pandemic phase, are the direct consequence of man’s anthropic behavior.

The World Health Organization has estimated that around 4.2 million deaths occur directly worldwide each year due to air pollution and ongoing climate change.

Scary numbers that left public opinion, regretted, but not very involved, until the richest western countries were overwhelmed by the coronavirus and were able to directly test the danger and mortality brought by these viruses in modern societies.

No longer news heard on television from distant countries, where hygiene or malnutrition or environmental promiscuity is thought to favor these types of viruses. Malaria, Ebola, Sars, Hendra, Lyme, Mers seem to most, exotic names of diseases that developed in countries with which we do not normally have contacts.

For viruses there are no borders , Serie A or Serie B countries, but we are all exposed to possible contagion , and it is precisely for this reason that we must understand, once and for all, that we must change the relationship with nature.

The uncontrolled population increase, deforestation, the destruction of ecosystems inhabited by animals, the exploitation of deforested areas for the production of feed or for the wood trade, intensive farming, the indiscriminate exploitation of fresh water, emissions in an atmosphere of greenhouse gases to produce more and more energy, transport based on fossil fuels that unite all industrial activities, the increase in urbanization at the expense of green areas and the problem of waste, are among the problems we must deal with immediately , but seriously.

The behavior of the man who pursues an ever wider well-being, has created imbalances so evident that the coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand.

The habitats of many animal species have been colonized by man and his activities, creating a mixture of housing that has created health problems over time. Many animals that are normally carriers of viral loads, have come into contact with man through his food chain , allowing the so-called species jump, which although difficult, we have seen that it is not impossible.

It is in fact known that about 75% of the emerging infectious diseases affecting humans are of animal origin and that about 60% of all the pathogens that attack humans are of zoological origin.

Furthermore, climate change will accentuate the transmission of pathogenic elements due to the increase in global warming, with milder winters and more uniform and long seasons, which lead to the migration of some species of animals, carriers of diseases.

We must start to take seriously the health aspect of the planet and correct those situations that pose an imminent danger for our species, by ceasing to make the poor population believe that the improvement of their living conditions and economic prosperity must pass from uncontrolled exploitation of the territory.

Furthermore, the western world must stop pursuing a suicidal consumerist mentality, where money is the primary target of any social and political decision.

Whoever thinks that we can talk about it tomorrow, it may be that there is no more to talk about it.