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Since this virus looks like it started as a bat virus, should we be worried that it could infect bats around the world?

If bats had the same migration pattern as birds, I would say that it would be a real concern. But I don't think bats migrate, so the chance of an Asian bat infecting an American bat is pretty low. I also do not think there is enough interaction between humans and bats in most countries for the bats to catch Covid-19 from humans. At least, I'm assuming that most people avoid bats. Although there could be some very strange people out there who seek interaction with them.

48 posted on 04/21/2020 6:51:14 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: exDemMom

When I was a young caver it seemed to me that bats tended to colonize one cave as a species. Mexican Freetails is what you have in the Southwest. I don’t think other species “roost” or whatever the term is in the same caves.


50 posted on 04/21/2020 6:53:03 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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