In this time of crisis, thousands of papers and guidelines have already
been published about COVID-19. Most of these consider the important
questions of how to respond to the ongoing public health crisis, or how
to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This report takes a step back
and considers the root causes of the emergence and spread of the novel
coronavirus and other ‘zoonoses’—diseases that are transmitted between
animals and humans. The report also offers a set of …
