Brian May: We could have avoided coronavirus if everyone was vegan; Paul McCartney: Ban all Chinese wet markets

Queen guitarist Brian May has suggested, in NME interview, the coronavirus pandemic could have been avoided if everyone ate a vegan diet - "That's a central issue here, this pandemic seemed to come from people eating animals and it's becoming more well known that eating animals is not the greatest thing for our health". Similarly, animal rights activist Paul McCartney has called for a ban on all Chinese wet markets while blaming the meat and produce trade posts for the spread of coronavirus, LA Times reports. Speaking with Howard Stern in a new interview, McCartney also called the practice of Asian live animal markets "medieval," comparing their activities to slavery.