If that's a "wet market", so is Guadalajara Mexico's Mercado Libertad and the DF's Central de Abastos and many others. And maybe Quincy Market in Boston and Pike Place in Seattle.
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The issue, esp. when discussing the origins of SARS-CoV2, is Westerners’ misunderstanding of the term, leading to the vilification of wet markets, which are part of daily life in E and SE Asia.
jul 11, 2025, 11:31 am • 0 0 • view
Similar problem with “bushmeat”. Westerners don’t call it bushmeat when they hunt 🦌. But it’s the same. To me, both seem like racist microaggressions / colonial language, even if inadvertent. But I’m hardly the only one who holds this view. Lots of good articles written about this issue.
jul 11, 2025, 11:35 am • 1 0 • view