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captain queeg

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7. My brother has ALS

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 11:25 PM

Feb 2020

He sent me a video about research done in Guam (I think) where the natives consider bats a delicacy and they have an exponentially higher incidence of ALS than the rest of the world. Something to do with their diets. Nothing to do with coronavirus; just commenting that in some places they are regularly eaten by humans.

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Coronavirus: The race to find the source in wildlife [View all] Coventina Feb 2020 OP

Bats purposefully carry a lot of diseases CountAllVotes Feb 2020 #1

Article is not about eating bats, but the pangolin acting as a transmitter packman Feb 2020 #2

Common misconceptions and poor reading comprehension skills Go a long way into Maggiemayhem Feb 2020 #3

There is a link with bats Mendocino Feb 2020 #4

And this, ladies and gentlemen, Bayard Feb 2020 #5

NPR had an excellent story about researchers in China that have found coronavirus similar to Nitram Feb 2020 #6

My brother has ALS captain queeg Feb 2020 #7

After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Feb 2020 #8