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Wouldn't fruit bat poop be more likely? I mean, if it were bush meat I'd suspect it was prepared for the child in which case there would have been a second pat
by iaw 12y ago
Wouldn't fruit bat poop be more likely? I mean, if it were bush meat I'd suspect it was prepared for the child in which case there would have been a second patient-zero. Whereas fruit bat poop can easily get into a 2 year-olds mouth without anyone noticing.
- Pxtl 12y agoI think they're less sure that humans can catch it from fruit-bat poo.
- meepmorp 12y ago> I mean, if it were bush meat I'd suspect it was prepared for the child in which case there would have been a second patient-zero. Just speculating, but maybe cooking the meat attenuated the virus, and it was only able to take hold in a person with an underdeveloped immune system. Or, maybe, the disease merely progressed faster in the child and so s/he only looks like patient zero, despite the rest of the people eating having gotten infected at the same time.