3 ms·

Then please explain this. https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/08/07/158221181/on-the-road-in-florida-hard-times-politics-and-smoked-bat https://ww

Then please explain this. https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/08/07/158221181/on-the-road-in-florida-hard-times-politics-and-smoked-bat https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/08/07/15822... This is a business in Florida that serves smoked fruit bats. You know.. it’s the exact same type of bat that’s being linked to the coronavirus in China.

adventured 7y ago
Explain it? It's a silly comparison. That's a singular business (in an article from 2012), not hundreds of dangerous, wet markets that presently exist all across China serving tens of millions of people. Show me the figures on the number of people in the US eating bats, versus China. Bat is not considered a common delicacy in the US. It's considered an extremely bizarre thing to eat bat in the US. In fact bats are so rarely consumed in the US, it's difficult to find information on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_as_food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_as_food
Brave-Steak 7y ago
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g34407-d388919-Reviews-Hot_Rods_Country_BBQ-Lutz_Florida.html https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g34407-d388919... Seems to have gone out of business. Doesn't exactly seem like serving bats was popular enough for them to stay afloat.