- Globally, humans are making virus pandemics more likely by expanding living areas into wildlife and forests.
- Most virus pandemics spread via zoonoses, or the movement of viral pathogens from animals to humans.
- For example, experts believe that the Ebola outbreak (2014) was sparked in West Africa by people displaced by civil wars forced to relocate into wildlife forests, which eventually became cities.
- While human relocation into wildlife kills many animals, people are exposed to remaining animals such as bats that carry many viruses.
