Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Public Health@mander.xyz · 2 months agoNew coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarmwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.online
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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoThere’s probably thousands of coronavira in different animals just waiting to give us their love.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoEspecially bats. They have more viruses than an average family computer
minus-squarestickly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWhat if we accelerate climate change to make bats go extinct? Some Thanos level used-the-stones-to-kill-the-stones shit
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI guess the correct plural is virii or viruses? (Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s a common misconception, vira or viruses is correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#English
There’s probably thousands of coronavira in different animals just waiting to give us their love.
Especially bats. They have more viruses than an average family computer
What if we accelerate climate change to make bats go extinct? Some Thanos level used-the-stones-to-kill-the-stones shit
Vira, that’s funny.
I guess the correct plural is virii or viruses?
(Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
That’s a common misconception, vira or viruses is correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#English
or just don’t mess with the bats?