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

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nwilz@lemmy.world
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Like the last one that came from a bat?

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geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
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Those pesky bats near the Wuhan lab of virology which is researching Corona Viruses again!

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LustyArgonian@lemmy.world
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If you had an area prone to viruses in bats, wouldn’t it be easier to build a research lab near there, rather than far away? If that’s what ypu are researching?

You’ll notice McMurdo is in Antarctica

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azi@mander.xyz
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Most major Chinese cities have coronavirus labs ('member the SARS epidemic?) and epidemics usually become first noticeable in major cities.

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geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
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Yes I member the lab which developed Covid19. Same lab as mentioned here.

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azi@mander.xyz
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Yes the last one came from bats (COVID), and the one before that (MERS), and the one before that (SARS)

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AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world
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Bats and camels for MERS.

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jared@mander.xyz
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🫣

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Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca
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Damnit Randy Marsh.

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geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
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HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as “Batwoman” for her work on coronaviruses, especially at the Wuhan Institute, which has been at the center of the theory suggesting COVID-19 came from a lab leak—something Shi has denied.

Is this an Onion article?

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gearheart@lemm.ee
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Can we have a virus that only affect those that don’t believe in the virus? 🤔

Unfortunately the last one mainly affected those that were actually considerate towards our fellow humans.

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Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world
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I dunno about “mainly.” We definitely lost way too many good people, but there were plenty denying covid was real while being put on a ventilator.

But yes, I agree. We desperately need a version that only infects the R gene.

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