Dear #Bat1K community! Facing the current situation we have something to share with you. Please keep on reading this thread on #bats and #COVIDー19 🦇👇 1/n
We all find ourselves in the midst of a #global #pandemic. Our life is changing and we all have to adapt. Meanwhile, we get to hear the news, densely packed with the #coronavirus, the disease it causes, and also: #bats. 2/n
#Researchers around the globe are doing their best to quickly understand the virus and its outbreak. Nevertheless, the rush to report and communicate complex scientific results has sometimes led to confusion, mistrust and ultimately even fear and hatred towards #bats 3/n
It is one of our mission now to provide our #Bat1K members with articles and material that hopefully will help to put facts in a broad, scientifically sound perspective 4/n
We created a list that you can access on our website here: https://bat1k.ucd.ie/2020/04/06/bats-and-covid-19/
and we will keep this list updated. Not a #Bat1K member yet? Simply sign up here: https://bat1k.ucd.ie/sign-up/  and you will get access to all our material including our latest newsletter! 5/n
To spread the word and to inform the whole #community we will keep posting in this thread, too #Bats #coronavirus #COVIDー19 6/n
@VirusWhisperer The Benhur Lee lab is tackling the question of the most likely origin of #SARSCoV2 and created a great series that we highly recommend: https://leelabvirus.host/covid19/origins-part1 This article is also available in other languages, just visit their website 9/n
“The proximal origin of #SARSCoV2” is not specifically about bats, this is technical but read yourself: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 11/n
while #viruses related —but not identical— to those causing emerging infectious diseases circulate among #bats, risks to people decrease dramatically by protecting #wildlife from trafficking and limiting encroachment into wild habitats. @Bats_Chiroptera @LabDavalos 23/n
Since #bats do not get badly sick from many such #viruses, #research on how bats achieve this could hold the key to help us fight future outbreaks @LabDavalos @Bats_Chiroptera 24/n
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