The same story was on TV news this morning. On face value a good and relevant piece of research. Just in early stages and the report explores possibilities.
Bats show immunity to various viruses that most animals don’t and that is worth exploring. I don’t see anything surprising or stupid in this story. It suggests potential values from the research that go beyond current knowledge but that is neither surprising
or stupid for new discoveries. Whether bats in Victoria carry Ebola is implied, it is not stated (I think that was an out
of context diversion), is peripheral to the story.
Philip
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 9:41 AM
To:
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] Surprise, stupidity from the print media!
Do you think the article really implied that?
From: Martin Butterfield [
Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 8:08 AM
To: calyptorhynchus .
Cc: Canberra Birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Surprise, stupidity from the print media!
I think this is
the article. (Readers be aware of paywalls.) It is a very strange article - the implication that bats in Victoria carry Ebola is a little odd, to say the least!
On 24 February 2016 at 07:51, calyptorhynchus . <> wrote:
(from the Canberra Times internet edition this morning)
