I suspect panzootics have always been with us, but greater surveillance, modern transportation and warming conditions have given them both apparent and real boosts. Conditions for humans and our client species have become a bit riskier, but I predict we'll hold our own for a while yet. What worries me the most at night is the thought of pan-species plant virus outbreaks. Our civilization's achilles heel is our agriculture.
I suspect panzootics have always been with us, but greater surveillance, modern transportation and warming conditions have given them both apparent and real boosts. Conditions for humans and our client species have become a bit riskier, but I predict we'll hold our own for a while yet. What worries me the most at night is the thought of pan-species plant virus outbreaks. Our civilization's achilles heel is our agriculture.