The australia/bat connection is creepy. That’s a focal location for nipah virus.
coronavirus is a pansy virus in comparison.
Linfa Wang is still alive and commenting
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/blame-covid-19-on-human-activity-not-bats-expert
“The Hendra virus, the Nipah virus and the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus were passed to humans through horses, pigs and civets respectively, he said.”