Why Do Bats Carry So Many Diseases? (like Coronavirus)

Nipah. Hendra. Ebola. Marburg. SARS. All of these nasty pathogens have surfaced in humans in just the last 50 years, and they are all carried by bats.

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Video Concept and Writing: Kate Yandell
Created by Henry Reich
Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, Kate Yoshida, and Henry Reich
Narrated by Emily Elert

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[alx]

It's amazing that this was made 6 years ago and it aged like wine

[rudra]

I hope these bats doesn't end up in causing some kind of pandemic

[mattthespecialmonster]

Pov: you got this in your recommended and you freaked out

[naveendahiya]

Me in 2014 : I'll watch it later.
Me in 2020 : Perfect time to watch it.

[double_chomps]

This video in 2015: *never gets recommended*
This video in 2020: *Hi, I'm here, avoid bats if you don't want to die, bud*

[Yupboss]

"She can see things before they happen, its a jedi trait"

[Pawning]

This video: 6 years ago
Everyone: confused confusing confusion

[maybejadon]

I like how Youtube decides to recommend this to everyone now.

[gregorski]

"Coronavirus"

Mkay?

"6 years ago"

WAT THE F

[Novak]

2:51 best line ever: governments still don't stop these flying mammals.

[JackthePumpkincat]

Bats: Carries many sorts of diseases
People: *Eats it anyway*

[MelonTF]

People of 2014: alright blah blah blah


People of 2020: FILL ME IN

[aryavs]

If youtube had recommended this to us 3 years ago, maybe we wouldn't have had the pandemic.

[hevy]

Minute earth: *uploads about bats having deadly diseases like Corona from 7 years ago* Everyone: he can see things before they can happen, it’s a Jedi trait.

[lanorbessur]

"6 years from now, the Corona virus will come back and this video will be relevant for us to recommend it."

-Youtube

[zantig]

Why is this suddenly in my recommended feed

[_Me__]

SARS is a coronavirus and the one we have today is also a coronavirus and it’s also COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. 'CO' stands for corona, 'VI' for virus, and 'D' for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as '2019 novel coronavirus' or '2019-nCoV.'

[joe-vwzu]

“Sorry sir but but your to early, ”
“How early?”
“6 years. Sorry, ”

[tysxo]

love how this gets recommended to me during this outbreak

[urlocallazerbird]

Humans when they hear Coronavirus in 2014: -_-
Humans when they hear Coronavirus in 2020: O_O