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Re:Detection of novel coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar by omgwtfbyobbq on Sunday April 12, 2020 @12:29PM (#22849256)
FEIW, there are at least four common coronaviruses (229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1) that humans transmit, and based on the CDC's language there are other less common ones.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.html

Re:Detection of novel coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar by throwanem on Sunday April 12, 2020 @12:38PM (#22849324)
The larger point is that coronaviruses as a family are unusually good at mutation and recombination, especially in the facilitating environment of bats, which typically have a high viral load. That makes them of particular concern as a potential source of novel infectious diseases in humans.