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The COVID-19 pandemic is turning life upside down. As hundreds of thousands fall ill, billions of others are now stricken with fear and wondering whether they will be next to become infected. As life grinds to a halt worldwide the entire situation is surreal.

Did it have to be this way?

On this episode of The Exam Room\u2122 podcast, \u201cThe Weight Loss Champion\u201d Chuck Carroll is joined by Dr. Neal Barnard and Wendy Orent, author of Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World\u2019s Most Dangerous Disease and Bio Warrior to explore the missteps that may have prevented the pandemic.

The group discusses the exotic meat markets in China that are believed to be ground zero for the virus. The conditions under which the live animals are kept have turned the markets into breeding grounds for virus transmission.

More alarmingly, Chuck and Wendy delve into the restrictions imposed on the markets following the SARS outbreak nearly 20 years ago and how they likely would have prevented this pandemic from happening. Why were those restrictions lifted? She first wrote about this in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times and now takes a deeper look on The Exam Room\u2122.

Dr. Barnard then takes the conversation further to explore how poultry farms and meat plants are rife with bacteria that puts all of our health at risk \u2014 even vegans.

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Chuck Carroll

Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC

IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC

Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook

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Dr. Neal Barnard

Twitter: @DrNealBarnard

IG: @DrNealBarnard

Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB

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Wendy Orent

Twitter: @WendyOrent

Op-Ed: This new coronavirus was preventable: https://lat.ms/2TZuqFZ

Books

Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World\u2019s Most Dangerous Disease: https://amzn.to/33oy67e

Bio Warrior: https://amzn.to/2x3Bs3u

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Physicians Committee

Twitter: @PCRM

IG: @PhysiciansCommittee

Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook

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