animal diseases – Michael Broad

Mail Online’s clickbait title about domestic cat zoonoses is irresponsible

February 19, 2024February 15, 2024 by Michael Broad

Mail Online clickbait article gets it wrong on zoonoses affecting domestic cats

I like the Mail Online because they do have some good cat articles to encourage me to write but this one from the deputy health editor in America, Alexa Lardieri, is irresponsible and should not have been written. The title states that pet cats are a ‘major harborer of deadly diseases’ and that cats …

Britain’s most important biolab is allegedly insecure

November 16, 2022 by Michael Broad

The Brits, including myself, have criticised the Chinese for their alleged lax attitude towards maintaining the highest standards of security at their Wuhan biolab in order to prevent the escape of zoonotic diseases into public places. At one time it was believed that the Wuhan biolab was the source of the destructive Covid-19 pandemic …