Year 2020 has brought the greatest global pandemic to hit the world since the end of the First World War. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the resulting disease named coronavirus disease 2019 has brought the world to its knees both financially and medically. The American Society of Primatologists has postponed their annual meetings from the end of May 2020 until the end of September 2020, while the International Primatological Society have postponed their biennial congress from August 2020 to August 2021, which has also resulted in their 2022 meetings in Malaysia being pushed back until 2023. Here, I explore the potential dangers of pursuing any primate fieldwork during this pandemic on our study species, their ecosystems, and local peoples. I believe that the risk of bringing this virus into our study ecosystems is too great and that primatologists should cancel all field research until the pandemic ends or a vaccine/reliable treatment is widely available. This is the year we all must become One Health practitioners!

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2020 年是灵长类动物学家应该取消田野调查的一年吗？

2020 年带来了自第一次世界大战结束以来最严重的全球流行病。严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒 2 和由此产生的名为 2019 年冠状病毒病的疾病已使世界在经济上和医学上都陷入了困境。美国灵长类动物学家协会将其年度会议从 2020 年 5 月下旬推迟到 2020 年 9 月下旬，而国际灵长类动物学会将其两年一次的大会从 2020 年 8 月推迟到 2021 年 8 月，这也导致了他们在马来西亚举行的 2022 年会议被推迟到 2023 年。在这里，我探讨了在这场大流行期间对我们的研究物种、它们的生态系统和当地人民进行任何灵长类动物实地考察的潜在危险。我认为将这种病毒带入我们的研究生态系统的风险太大，灵长类动物学家应该取消所有实地研究，直到大流行结束或疫苗/可靠的治疗方法广泛可用。今年是我们都必须成为一个健康从业者的一年！