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COVID-19 not connected to bats, Israeli biologists say
2021-07-12
[JPost] ... A recent study led by Weinberg and Tel Aviv University postdoctoral researcher Dr. Kelsey Moreno could have far-reaching implications for discovering the origins of COVID-19. The study, which was recently published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science, found that sick bats maintain social distancing, possibly to prevent the spread of mass contagion in their colonies.
Smarter, and more socially responsible, than some people?
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#10  Bats distance through indispositions,
Which makes them as smart as physicians,
And thus we know why
Bats are able to fly:
They are also great mathematicians!
Posted by: Gomez Squank9708   2021-07-12 11:23  

#9  Oh. So the shot is superfluous.

Because it seems like, 3..4..5? jabs per year and get the covid anyways.

Perhaps active and fit, with tested immune system is the way to go.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-07-12 11:16  

#8  One virus that is definitely connected to bats has got into the news again:
OMAHA, Neb. — Nearly 200 people were possibly exposed to a rabid bat while staying overnight at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, the zoo said.

The zoo and Nebraska health officials recommended that roughly 186 campers who stayed overnight at the aquarium in recent weeks, as well as some staffers, get rabies shots.

A camper on July 4 woke up to a wild bat flying around her head. A zoo emergency medical technician didn’t find any bites or scratches on her.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-07-12 11:06  

#7  ^6 - all research so far has not explained why the <= age 18 demographic is so resistant to COVID-19. Not quite the same "long-term immunity" as you mentioned, but that unexplained phenomenon is closely related.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-07-12 11:04  

#6  ^As foretold
35 Years of Research Into Coronavirus Infections Show Long-Term Immunity Is Unlikely
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-07-12 09:52  

#5  Israel will give a THIRD Covid shot to adults with weak immune systems and could roll it out for the general public
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-07-12 09:31  

#4  The fairy tales continue. Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of fractured fairy tales.
Posted by: Dale   2021-07-12 08:10  

#3  The Bat Man of Mexico.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-07-12 07:45  

#2  
Posted by: Percy Scourge of the Gepids7383   2021-07-12 07:36  

#1  Here's the link to the article
Moreno, K. R., Weinberg, M., Harten, L., Ramos, V. B. S., Czirják, G. Á., & Yovel, Y. (2020). Sick Bats Stay Home Alone: Social distancing during the acute phase response in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus). bioRxiv.


Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-07-12 05:29  

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