webfact Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Researchers to study Thai bat species’ ability to carry novel coronavirus Photo by James Wainscoat on Unsplash Researchers at the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University will join officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation in conducting a study on the ability of bat species in Thailand to carry novel coronavirus. Scientists theorize that the coronavirus is possibly spread from bats to snakes and, eventually, to humans. SARS and MERS were also said to have been spread by bats in 2004. The Journal of Medical Virology said that the 2019-nCoV in snakes is likely to have allowed cross-species transmission from snakes to humans. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/researchers-to-study-thai-bat-species-ability-to-carry-novel-coronavirus/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2020-01-28 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Depends on the availability of tom yum khaangkhauw. Check the Chinese eateries next to the northern border. Edited January 28, 2020 by DrTuner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Ray Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Better get the BMWs up to check the visas and temperatures of the Chinese bats flying into Thailand! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Somebody jumped on research grant funding for that pretty quickly. Wonder if these guys are going to apply for civet cat funding, too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Nick Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Noooooo...Thai- bats are special! As is Thai- electricity, Thai rivers, Thai- everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 of all things, they pick this to try to get a One Up over the Chinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 thai bats and thai bahts.........confusing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Another ruse to get some funding. Bats carry dozens of diseases. The main one being rabies. Unless you are bitten or EAT them, then they are no problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Ground breaking research. But 25 Years too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogaz Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Waste of money the epidemic is not caused by bat biting people in China but by person to person transmission via droplets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Pedrogaz said: Waste of money the epidemic is not caused by bat biting people in China but by person to person transmission via droplets. It's caused by eating the bloody things. Human to human transmission is a fact in this case, but it's also a fact that it originates in bats. Coronaviruses are normally present in animals. Under some circumstances it can jump to humans which is what happened in this case. Bats carry a huge range of diseases and the Chinese have been eating them. For goodness sake, that's exactly how SARS came about. Following that, the Chinese authorities made wild life meat markets illegal. That lasted a few years then the trade picked up again. Just like Thailand, weak enforcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-29/wuhan-coronavirus-created-in-australian-lab-outside-of-china/11906390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Quote The team of scientists grew the virus from a patient who had been infected since Friday. And what about the mutations? Apparently it's mutated twice so there are three versions of this coronavirus in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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