The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced us to a new word: Zoonosis (Op-Ed)
The recent eruption of COVID-19 near a "wet market" in Wuhan, China, calls our attention to a phenomenon captured by a word increasingly becoming commonplace: zoonosis.
Christian Walzer
Executive Director, Health, Wildlife Conservation Society
Christian Walzer is the Executive Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. He earned a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria and is the cofounder of the Conservation Support Network. He has worked as a consultant in environmental issues for diverse governmental and non-governmental organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, United Nations Development Programme, Panthera, World Bank and others.
