To inform efforts at preventing future pandemics, we assessed how socio-demographic attributes correlated with wildlife consumption as COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) first spread across Asia. Self-reported wildlife consumption was most strongly related to COVID-19 awareness; those with greater awareness were 11–24% less likely to buy wildlife products. A hypothetical intervention targeting increased awareness, support for wildlife market closures and reduced medical impacts of COVID-19 could halve future wildlife consumption rates across several countries and demographics.

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COVID-19 大流行早期野生动物消费的社会人口相关性

为了为预防未来大流行的努力提供信息，我们评估了随着 COVID-19（2019 年冠状病毒病）首次在亚洲传播时社会人口属性与野生动物消费的相关性。自我报告的野生动物消费与 COVID-19 意识最密切相关；那些有更高认识的人购买野生动物产品的可能性要低 11-24%。针对提高认识、支持关闭野生动物市场并减少 COVID-19 的医疗影响的假设干预措施可能会使未来几个国家和人口统计的野生动物消费率减半。