Why do bats carry so many diseases? (like coronavirus)
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Many of the world's scariest viruses come from bats, yet these viruses have little effect on the bats themselves. Why is this the case? Secondly, how do these viruses move from bats to humans?
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Old Forge , New York, United States
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As human populations grow, these interactions between disease carrying animals and humans may increase. What do you see as solutions?
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Denny Woo
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Humans are trying to prevent spreading of diseases and viruses by social distancing, face covering and hand sanitizing.
ADRIANA RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS
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Good evening,teacher!
I´d love to your lesson...it´s very atual because we are living and learning with the pandemic!
Congratulations!
Lucy Smith
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in response to Lylee Averson Show comment
Thank you Jane Kim!
Askar Karleone
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be selective in food and classify foods (including animal food) for permitted and forbidden. And the whole world must abide by this classification
Lylee Averson
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I agree with you, Lucy.
Lucy Smith
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I think that the human population should slow down, so we don’t have to provide as much food. Also, we won’t have to make more space out of other animals territory’s. Or work so much with animals. With people packed together, like bats can spread sicknesses in addition even trigger pandemics.
We should make public washrooms so the poor and homeless can also
be clean. If you can’t slow the human race down, then from the knowledge that we have of illnesses, can be used for studies against diseases that can’t be cured.