Evolutionary Biologists on Bats and Zoonotic Diseases

[Spock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQUifJAiSI

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heyings' podcast on bats and zoonotic diseases and so forth.

Doctors Weinstein and Heying are evolutionary biologists.

It is long-at 1 hour and 20 minutes-but some may find it of interest. Video doesn't start until 4:56. The bat stuff starts about 22 minutes in.

I haven't listened to it all yet-but this is the kind of stuff I find fascinating.

Of further interest to some might be David Quammen's book-"Spillover" on zoonotic diseases.

[jarnon]

Avian flu, swine flu, Ebola and AIDS from primates...

Maybe zoonotic diseases should just be called “diseases.”

[Bob Juch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQUifJAiSI

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heyings' podcast on bats and zoonotic diseases and so forth.

Doctors Weinstein and Heying are evolutionary biologists.

It is long-at 1 hour and 20 minutes-but some may find it of interest. Video doesn't start until 4:56. The bat stuff starts about 22 minutes in.

I haven't listened to it all yet-but this is the kind of stuff I find fascinating.

Of further interest to some might be David Quammen's book-"Spillover" on zoonotic diseases.

I read an interesting article last week (which I can't find now) saying that a human couldn't get COVID-19 directly from a bat; it had to have an intermediate vector of some species.

[Spock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQUifJAiSI

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heyings' podcast on bats and zoonotic diseases and so forth.

Doctors Weinstein and Heying are evolutionary biologists.

It is long-at 1 hour and 20 minutes-but some may find it of interest. Video doesn't start until 4:56. The bat stuff starts about 22 minutes in.

I haven't listened to it all yet-but this is the kind of stuff I find fascinating.

Of further interest to some might be David Quammen's book-"Spillover" on zoonotic diseases.

I read an interesting article last week (which I can't find now) saying that a human couldn't get COVID-19 directly from a bat; it had to have an intermediate vector of some species.

Or it was from a lab accident. May not be such a conspiracy theory now-Eh?

[Bob Juch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQUifJAiSI

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heyings' podcast on bats and zoonotic diseases and so forth.

Doctors Weinstein and Heying are evolutionary biologists.

It is long-at 1 hour and 20 minutes-but some may find it of interest. Video doesn't start until 4:56. The bat stuff starts about 22 minutes in.

I haven't listened to it all yet-but this is the kind of stuff I find fascinating.

Of further interest to some might be David Quammen's book-"Spillover" on zoonotic diseases.

I read an interesting article last week (which I can't find now) saying that a human couldn't get COVID-19 directly from a bat; it had to have an intermediate vector of some species.

Or it was from a lab accident. May not be such a conspiracy theory now-Eh?

No, that's a conspiracy theory.

[Bob Juch]

A tiger in the Bronx Zoo has become infected with COVID-19.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52177586

Can house cats become infected?

[silverscreenselect]

Can house cats become infected?

Our cats practice social distancing except at meal time.

[Bob Juch]

Can house cats become infected?

Our cats practice social distancing except at meal time.

Yes, they can become infected.

Cats can catch coronavirus, study finds, prompting WHO investigation

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heal ... SKCN21Q3DJ

(Reuters) - Cats can become infected with the new coronavirus but dogs appear not to be vulnerable, according to a study published on Wednesday, prompting the WHO to say it will take a closer look at transmission of the virus between humans and pets.