Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Public Health@mander.xyz · 2 years agoNew coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarmwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkNew coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarmwww.newsweek.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Public Health@mander.xyz · 2 years agomessage-square50linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.online
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 years agoThere’s probably thousands of coronavira in different animals just waiting to give us their love.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoEspecially bats. They have more viruses than an average family computer
minus-squarestickly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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 years agoI guess the correct plural is virii or viruses? (Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years 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
or just don’t mess with the bats?
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