Another pandemic, similar to the spread of SARS-COV-2, may arise from an imbalance in the ecological balance, for example, the deforestation of the Amazon, said Brazilian ecologist David Lapola.
According to him, due to the fact that people are increasingly invading animal habitats, the number of zoonotic diseases will grow.
So, a new type of coronavirus, according to scientists, was transmitted to people from bats. In the Amazon, the "stock of viruses" that can pass from animals to humans is huge, Lapola said.
He expressed confidence that the destruction of wild ecosystems and environmental instability in the past have led to the spread of HIV, dengue and Ebola
"When you create an ecological imbalance, the virus can jump from animals to humans," AFP quoted him on May 14.
Lapola recalled that the deforestation of the Amazon is proceeding at an extremely rapid pace, and from January to April this year alone, 1.2 thousand square meters were destroyed. km of forest.
On May 13, doctor Alexander Myasnikov said that after the coronavirus, an even more terrible pandemic awaits the world. The specialist urged humanity to draw conclusions from the current situation.