It can skip around species. Go from one to another. Nasty little bugger.
I have suspected it’s a nasty little bugger when I saw national leaders shut their economies down back in March. I would still like to know what they were told and so far nothing has really leaked.
We were able to beat smallpox because it was confined to humans. I think that might be the only virus we’ve ‘beaten’.
” what they were told “
Well, at that time we had Fauci saying that people shouldn’t wear masks, and covid was no big deal.
I assume most leaders heard the same from their med advisors.
Not sure of our historical successes against zoonotic viruses. I’d guess we’ve had some.