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No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think

No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think Justin Welbergen, CC BY-SA Pia Lentini, University of Melbourne; Alison Peel, Griffith University; Hume Field, The University of Queensland, and Justin Welbergen, Western Sydney University In this pandemic it’s tempting to look for someone, or something, to blame. Bats are …

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Killing Bats Won’t Help Prevent Disease, But Here’s What Will

Killing Bats Won’t Help Prevent Disease, But Here’s What Will Contributed by: Melissa Ingala & Ariadna Morales             Many people are under the impression that all bats carry diseases that could pose threats to humans. This concern has recently increased because a virus hosted by one bat species seems to be a distant relative of …

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