Information about the Aspen Ideas Festival is here. I am scheduled for a session, The American Wellness Paradox, currently scheduled from 11:00-11:50 a.m., at the East Lawn Tent. This will be a discussion with senior HHS policy advisor, Calley Means. Here’s the blurb on it: “Americans are spending more than ever on healthcare, supplements, wellness trends, and “clean eating,” yet rates of chronic disease and metabolic illness continue to climb. As skepticism fuels the rise of movements like MAHA, debates over what Americans should eat have become deeply cultural, political, and economic. Two influential voices with sharply different perspectives on nutrition and food science explore how food systems, farming practices, consumer culture, and the wellness industry collided to create one of the defining public health debates of our time.”
by Marion Nestle
Mar
26
2020
Coronavirus and pets
They still have to be fed. Dogs still have to be walked.
As I reported earlier, a dog in Hong Kong was found with a case of Coronavirus. It looks like the dog caught it from it owner, not the other way around.
The Animal Wellness Foundation urges restraint and care in dealing with Coronavirus in pets. Although there is as yet no evidence that people can get the virus fro pets, the Foundation advises against “letting your pets lick you on the nose, mouth, and mucous membranes.”
As always, there are business implications. Here’s a report on the effect of Coronavirus on the Mexican pet food economy.
What to do?
Love and feed your pet but wash hands and practice social distance. For now, for sure.
