re: Deadly new bat disease ravaging Africa.

Everytime this dude comes in office. Some manic disease starts spreading across the globe.

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Also, don’t swap fluids with bats.

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or monkeys. I hear that is detrimental as well.

We are going to have to mail in ballots for the midterms.

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I thought bat soup was only a delicatesee in Asia?

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You are correct. On several Pacific islands and other islands on that side of the globe, bat soup is considered a delicacy. In centuries past, (before Spain imported lots of hogs everywhere) Islanders had a high protein diet with little to no fat, so on special occasions a young man would climb into a nest at great risk and obtain a few bats to add to a stew. There are two nests - one is the mating nest where the dominant males have the females and the young. The second nest is only for the bachelor males. The climbers of the earlier times knew the difference and only raided the second nest to protect the overall bat population. Sadly, modern day poachers just shotgun any nest that they can find and cook or sell whatever drops out. That practice has endangered the Mariana Fruit bat population to make an illegal commercial stew. It is a stinky and nasty goo which just the smell will turn your stomach. (No, I did not eat any.) There was a version of it sold in Palau, but I suspect there was very little bat in that version.
But this brings us back to the real lesson. Leave the bats alone.

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with nearly half dying within 48 hours of showing symptoms, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

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had infected 1,096 people and killed 60 as of Feb. 23, the WHO said.

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When I hear about bird flu or a new bat disease, my thought at this point is, if it's my time, it's my time.

I totally think we should take precautions if necessary, but I also don't want to just live in a bubble for the rest of my life. Is that even living?

I'd rather, to a certain extent, continue actually living and let the cards fall where they may.

Africa.! WHO proving ground before its released world wide.

What's going on that they are trying to distract us from?