Could you explain with data and references how a virus from China with the ability to mutate, would have a greater or lesser capacity to mutate due to deforestation.
They make an interesting point about habitat destruction and the likelihood of future pandemics but I doubt there's a direct link between recent mutations in Brazil and habitat destruction as it's a mutation of an existing virus rather than a new disease that's moved from animals to humans.
It's all right. Our great leader (Bunter) deflected Yvette Cooper's question about border biosecurity, with reference to the Brazilian (and other) variant, by wobbling about our world leading vaccination programme. Entirely missing the point. Again...
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