"They did slavery forever, too. You’ve got to change things at some point.” Paul McCartney has called for Chinese wet markets to be banned, stating his belief that they are to blame for the current coronavirus pandemic.
The Beatles musician referred to the popular theory that COVID-19 originated in a live animal market in Wuhan – known as ‘wet markets’ due to their frequently hosed-down floors – and compared the movement to eradicate them with the abolition of the slave trade.
Speaking to US radio host Howard Stern, per The Guardian, McCartney said: “I really hope that this will mean the Chinese government says, ‘OK guys, we have really got to get super hygienic around here.’ Let’s face it, it is a little bit medieval eating bats.” The