PHN student Samantha Derrick’s op-ed published in the Daily Cal

“As COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, ripples through the world, killing thousands of people and dramatically shifting our daily routines for an indefinite amount of time, some parts of life still go on. In particular, slaughterhouses and wildlife markets continue to operate in many parts of the world.” […]

One of our first year PHN students, Samantha Derrick, wrote an opinion piece on COVID-19 and how our current food system with unsanitary meat production facilities and wildlife markets contributes to the spread of infectious diseases.