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Re:The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a natura... by sudosysgen on Saturday July 18, 2020 @08:04AM (#23880820)
Au contraire, you would expect random bat viruses to be incredibly virulent in humans.
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Re:The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a natura... by SomeoneFromCA on Saturday July 18, 2020 @08:35AM (#23880996)
Really? How is that? Proof? Link?
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Re:The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a natura... by snypher on Saturday July 18, 2020 @11:43AM (#23882120)
This research seems relevant;

>Our key result is that hosts most closely related to humans harbour zoonoses of lower impact in terms of morbidity and mortality, while the most distantly related hosts—in particular, order Chiroptera (bats)—harbour highly virulent zoonoses with a lower capacity for endemic establishment in human hosts.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.201...

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Re:The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a natura... by SomeoneFromCA on Saturday July 18, 2020 @12:02PM (#23882285)
True, but to be dangerous the have to pass cross species barrier, before that event, virulence is exactly zero. So, random bat viruses have zero virulence in people.
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