Getting the Hump

Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) is caused by a coronavirus 10 times more deadly than that producing Covid-19. Mers is another zoonotic, where the virus made a jump from animals (in this case camels) to humans (in Covid-19 it was probably from bats to humans). Mers killed more than 1,700 people in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Eventually, the disease was contained. Scientists are now worried about the virus making a second jump to humans, in Northern Kenya (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210122-the-coronavirus-10-times-more-deadly-than-covid). in this location, climate change is forcing people to abandon rearing cows and to rely more and more on camels for meat, milk and transport. Forcing people into closer contact with the camels seems a recipe for the virus to make another leap. If you think Covid-19 is bad?