"This is a virus that came from the territory of China but came from bats. This is a bat virus"

[Dennis Donovan]

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.@RichardEngel: "This is a virus that came from the territory of China but came from bats. This is a bat virus, not a China virus. It doesn't speak Chinese. It doesn't target Chinese people. It targets human beings who happen to touch their eyes, nose or mouth."

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1:23 PM - Mar 18, 2020

Exactly!

Fuck bats! 🦇 (j/k)

[Walleye]

1. Don't eat pangolins.

[OhZone]

8. Dis!

[Yonnie3]

2. Chiroptera Virus n/t

[Adsos Letter]

3. This is something that we need from media now.

Aggressive pushback.

[jayfish]

7. Against Wet Markets?

I agree 100%

[volstork]

9. Agreed.

Good for them for doing so.

[klook]

4. I was just guano say the same thing.

[ornotna]

19. Oh come on!

What a shitty thing to say.

[OhZone]

5. tRump is too batty to understand that

[Alea]

10. The media was calling it the Chinese Corona Virus and Wuhan virus before anyone else nt

[unblock]

11. it's not really a bat virus, because it has mutated since jumping to humans.

in fact the emphasis on its origin is misguided, except to the extent that its origin may help guide research into vaccines or treatments or prevention of future similar outbreaks.

as a practical matter, today, the virus has nothing to do with bats, and little to do with china except as minor historical point.

it doesn't care about your country. it will drown you in your own phlegm no matter what country you are in, so what's the point in arguing about it.

just call it COVID-19 and try to figure out how to best treat the 70% of the planet who will become infected with it.

[Bookworm2586]

12. And did--

Lyme disease come from limes?

[njhoneybadger]

13. I thought it was from Pangolins

[handmade34]

14. I love bats...

Each bat can eat between about 600 and 1,000 mosquitos and other kinds of insects in one hour.


"Don't discriminate against Asians, chances are they are a Doctor and they can help you"

[LanternWaste]

15. Me too!

We drive to Bracken cave (in TX) twice a year and spend and hour or two watching the bats swarm and leave the cave.

If you're ever in the San Antonio area, it's worth the 1/2 drive into the next county over to watch it!

[handmade34]

16. not there but I have seen smaller swarms

I keep bat houses around my property... unfortunately, not too many live here.... just don't eat them



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[sanatanadharma]

17. It is a disease rooted in the behavior of meat eaters

It is carnivovirus or carnevirus

[jayfish]

18. You Sure They Were Eating Them...

and not using them for magical potions or virility treatments?

[kentuck]

20. Always blame someone else.

And never take any blame for yourself.

He always wants to be in charge of everything but he doesn't want to be responsible for anything.

[LizBeth]

21. Swine flu came from pigs, in the U.S. I read a post about China paying for this. Not how it works.

We had the swine flu a couple years back.