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>What's weird is that nobody talks about WHY Shi Zheng-Li/"Bat Woman" was digging around random caves in Yunnan. She is an expert on SARS-like viruses, and her
by jml7c5 5y ago
>What's weird is that nobody talks about WHY Shi Zheng-Li/"Bat Woman" was digging around random caves in Yunnan.
She is an expert on SARS-like viruses, and her research focus is on the threat of zoonotic spillover from bats. One would expect her to be involved in the investigation of an apparent zoonotic spillover from bats that causes SARS-like symptoms. Hell, it would be weird if she wasn't part of the investigation.
- inter_netuser 5y agoOf course she was involved. She published a paper on it. The weird part is how hushed up it is. Nobody talks about the 2012 outbreak, even though it was supposedly a very similar virus, and they already talked about the Yunnan caves. Just can't talk about the outbreak? Why?