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To: exDemMom
Thank you for the link into NextStrain.org.

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

Bats are part of a local ecosystem (famously in Austin TX) and it would be damaging to have their population decimated by an Asian virus.

Not to mention the insects that they eat ...

38 posted on 04/21/2020 6:36:31 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: texas booster
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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