NPR story about how bats in the East, in caves near Wuhan, China, carry around 400+ Corona viruses and do NOT need a host to transmit to humans.
20200220_atc_bats_carry_hundreds_of_coronaviruses_that_could_spill_over_to_humans.mp3 I heard this story on NPR the very first week we in California had a Shelter In Place. And the news of this has haunted me since. All original content property of Louise L. Larsen. Permission required before using material posted here.