COVID-19 has become the eighth worst pandemic in human history, killing over 4.5 million people. Roughly 1 in 500 Americans have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it continues to rage thanks to the highly transmissible Delta variant, insufficient vaccination rates, and the hoarding of vaccines by wealthy countries.

This World Vegan Day, we will commemorate the millions of people who have died as a result of a disease that was likely preventable; if humanity didn’t have such a penchant for eating the dead body parts of murdered animals, COVID-19 and its profound social, political, and economic fallout may never have happened.

In fact, we could prevent roughly 75% of emerging pathogens simply by no longer raising and killing over 70 billion land animals for food each year. If we continue confining, exploiting, and eating animals, the end result is dire; eventually, a new superbug will surface that is both highly transmissible and many times more lethal than COVID-19 (picture a superbug as transmissible as the common cold but as deadly as Ebola).

Unless we take drastic action, we are doomed to a never-ending cycle of often entirely preventable pandemics. If you would like to organize a COVID-19 vigil in your area or receive updates about this global campaign, please complete the following form: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/_UpkWSH1QEVDtT_hiOPl0w