Hippos test positive for COVID

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3 hours ago, SpiritBunny said:

The other day a former local school teacher was in our store and he was saying how "viruses don't skip species this fast unless it was manufactured!"  

Was it the sports teacher?

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18 hours ago, Helxig said:

Edit: I didn't know it had already been found in great apes and felines previously! Hopefully it doesn't transmit from animals to humans

I hope not

18 hours ago, POP2 said:

That’s literally how the pandemic started. 

Hmmm... I personally believe it comes from a lab If it really comes directly from bats, which people from the last centuries (or even thousands of years) have been in contact with, why does it happen now? It's nothing new that humans eat bats... it has been done for thousands of years, so this virus could've also emerged thousands or hundreds of years ago. So why now? I just don't buy that. I still believe it's from a lab and it may have been an accident. (or not) lol

(and I'm nobody that believes in any kind of conspiracy theory except for this. I just think it was made.

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1 hour ago, Mother of Puppies said:

I hope not

Hmmm... I personally believe it comes from a lab If it really comes from bats, which people from the last centuries (or even thousands of years) have been in contact with, why does it happen now? It's nothing new that humans eat bats... it has been done for thousands of years, so this virus could've also emerged thousands or hundreds of years ago. So why now? I just don't buy that. I still believe it's from a lab and it may have been an accident. (or not) lol

(and I'm nobody that believes in any kind of conspiracy theory except for this. I just think it was made.

It does happen though. That's how bird flu and ebola and HIV started. They can just randomly pop up, and transfer from animals to humans   that's why we have to be really careful about storing and cooking meat properly! To prevent this kind of thing from happening

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poor hippos... will they be put in lockdown now? inb4 they will need a vaccine too 

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2 hours ago, Mother of Puppies said:

I hope not

Hmmm... I personally believe it comes from a lab If it really comes from bats, which people from the last centuries (or even thousands of years) have been in contact with, why does it happen now? It's nothing new that humans eat bats... it has been done for thousands of years, so this virus could've also emerged thousands or hundreds of years ago. So why now? I just don't buy that. I still believe it's from a lab and it may have been an accident. (or not) lol

(and I'm nobody that believes in any kind of conspiracy theory except for this. I just think it was made.

Why /not/ now?

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5 hours ago, Mother of Puppies said:

I hope not

Hmmm... I personally believe it comes from a lab If it really comes from bats, which people from the last centuries (or even thousands of years) have been in contact with, why does it happen now? It's nothing new that humans eat bats... it has been done for thousands of years, so this virus could've also emerged thousands or hundreds of years ago. So why now? I just don't buy that. I still believe it's from a lab and it may have been an accident. (or not) lol

(and I'm nobody that believes in any kind of conspiracy theory except for this. I just think it was made.

Bat Viruses spreading to humans is not a new phenomenon. Both MERS and SARS came from Bats. Coronaviruses such as these and Covid-19 are commonly found in bats. 

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Antwerp hippos debut COVID

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@Stupid Oreo 

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12 hours ago, Mother of Puppies said:

I hope not

Hmmm... I personally believe it comes from a lab If it really comes from bats, which people from the last centuries (or even thousands of years) have been in contact with, why does it happen now? It's nothing new that humans eat bats... it has been done for thousands of years, so this virus could've also emerged thousands or hundreds of years ago. So why now? I just don't buy that. I still believe it's from a lab and it may have been an accident. (or not) lol

(and I'm nobody that believes in any kind of conspiracy theory except for this. I just think it was made.

Its always happened? This aint the first time in modern history u know and as for the far past many viruses no one would even know was a virus as theyd have no way to figure out what a specific illness was so many of these virus transfers wouldnt have been transfered

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10 minutes ago, Economy said:

Its always happened? This aint the first time in modern history u know and as for the far past many viruses no one would even know was a virus as theyd have no way to figure out what a specific illness was so many of these virus transfers wouldnt have been transfered

But not in that scale & not in the last 100 years. The last big pandemic was the spanish flu. (1918)

 

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7 hours ago, POP2 said:

Bat Viruses spreading to humans is not a new phenomenon. Both MERS and SARS came from Bats. Coronaviruses such as these and Covid-19 are commonly found in bats. 

Yep I know. I still believe it came from a lab. Maybe some day we'll find out. Or not. Who knows...

 

if the WHO are even spending money to investigate then that idea is not so far fetched.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01529-3

 

edit: and I'm not saying I know this, I'm just saying I personally believe it.

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18 hours ago, Helxig said:

Oh god it's crossing into animals now    this is exactly what we don't want

Edit: I didn't know it had already been found in great apes and felines previously! Hopefully it doesn't transmit from animals to humans

They're actually studying the origins of Omicron and whether or not it mutated in an immunocompromised human or in an animal then crossed back to a human.

Fun stuff

Truly the super virus to end all viruses

Get your shots, folks

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7 minutes ago, Mother of Puppies said:

Yep I know. I still believe it came from a lab. Maybe some day we'll find out. Or not. Who knows...

 

if the WHO are even spending money to investigate then that idea is not so far fetched.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01529-3

 

edit: and I'm not saying I know this, I'm just saying I personally believe it.

Came from a lab as in manufactured in a lab? Or just studied in a lab before an accidental outbreak? I can believe the latter but the former is some crazy NWO conspiracy theory stuff imo

The most probable cause likely the true one. We know bats (and a few other animals with weird immune systems) can harbor all kinds of bugs before spreading them.

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7 minutes ago, Mother of Puppies said:

But not in that scale & not in the last 100 years. The last big pandemic was the spanish flu. (1918)

 

Well for starters there is a lot more global movement than every before. Travel just before pandemic was at an all time high as tourism had been on a huge boom run for years

 

Secondly it also depends how contageous the virus is too. Sars for example which was also transmited from bats if im not mistaken (someome correct me if im wrong) was deadlier than this corona virus but it was not as contageous making it easier to contain an outbreak

 

Covid 19 is as contageous as the most transmissible flus but harsh enough to be a serious health risk to a significant enough portion of the population to be a big issue

 

Most viruses are not both super contageous or deadly at the same time which is why most viruses dont become global pandemics

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4 minutes ago, PartySick said:

just studied in a lab before an accidental outbreak

This is what I meant. (It's just what I believe - doesn't mean anything though )