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Trump cuts U.S. research on bat-human virus transmission over China ties politi.co/2KETSuN via @politico
@politico This type of research is literally how we know at all that this virus came from bats. And there are a lot more bat coronaviruses out there that have not been studied yet. They could become the Covid-20, Covid-21, Covid-22 and so on.
@politico Here is a tree showing the virus that causes #covid19 (red circle) and the virus that causes SARS (blue circle). Pangolin viruses in green. Bats in gray. LOTS OF BAT VIRUSES. And we have only found a tiny fraction of the bat viruses in this tree. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
@politico Also, hello? "'At this time, NIH does not believe that the current project outcomes align with the program goals and agency priorities,' Michael Lauer, the agency’s deputy director for extramural research, wrote in a letter to EcoHealth Alliance officials."
@politico The folks at @nih fund lots of bat coronavirus research. Or are these going to get cut, too? Let’s see what Michael Lauer has to say.
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