Nobody knows how the disease expresses itself in other animals. That’s been a big part of the problem figuring out which species it jumps from. Even though they’ve located a “source” cave (where multiple outbreaks patient zeroes went shortly before getting sick) not one single animal or item in it has ever tested positive. Remember we think part of the reason it’s so nasty is that it’s a species jumper, in its proper species (which we think is bats, but maybe not) it could be a completely benign infection with no symptoms at all.
“(which we think is bats, but maybe not) it could be a completely benign infection with no symptoms at all.’
Like the Typhoid Marys of the bat world?
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