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New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarm(www.newsweek.com)

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RobotToaster@mander.xyz
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There’s probably thousands of coronavira in different animals just waiting to give us their love.

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SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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Especially bats. They have more viruses than an average family computer

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stickly@lemmy.world
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What if we accelerate climate change to make bats go extinct? Some Thanos level used-the-stones-to-kill-the-stones shit

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nzOP
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or just don’t mess with the bats?

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feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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Vira, that’s funny.

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jaybone@lemmy.world
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I guess the correct plural is virii or viruses?

(Phone still underlines that first one hmm)

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