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Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Biden's International Policy, Food Banks, Recycling

Episode: Biden's International Policy, Food Banks, Recycling

  • Nov 9, 2020 9:00 pm
  • 12:59 mins

Guest: Amy T. Gilbert, Disease Ecologist, National Wildlife Research Center The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 came from a bat. So did the viruses that have caused Ebola, SARS, MERS and rabies outbreaks. There must be something about bats that makes them such good carriers of viruses that jump to humans. But the truth is, scientists don’t really know.