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Feel strongly about this letter, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form . Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification. Much of the academic literature and healthcare guidelines published about Covid-19 focuses on how to handle the public health crisis and mitigate the consequences of the pandemic. More attention, however, should be paid to understanding the root causes of the coronavirus and other zoonoses – infectious diseases that...