Deadly white-nose syndrome is suspected of causing a 98% reduction in bat numbers in a cave near Zortman used for winter hibernation. Half of the remaining 40 bats showed visible
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youtube is launching a massive campaign today to encourage people to take the vaccine. it s called let s not go back, and it s a joint initiative with the nhs. it will involve stars from youtube s vast community of creators people who make a living on the platform by generating their own videos, building subscribers, and then taking a cut of advertising revenues making videos that appeal to younger people. youtuber leena norms is one of 65 youtubers who are part of the campaign here s a video she made with the nhs and to be clear, the nhs has not paid herfor this. i m personally really excited to get my vaccine. i know that not everybody feels that way, and that s what i want to talk to you about today. i asked you guys on twitter for your most heard or most worried about questions about the vaccine. i ve taken the most requested ones and ordered them in order of slightly batty to i also don t know that. we are going to work our way backwards, 0k?
scientists believe covid-19 may have had its roots in a community of horseshoe bats in southeastern china. these particular bats represent a very small subset of horseshoe bats all named for the shape of their noses. there are actually dozens of varieties of horseshoe bats living in a number places, including the temperate and tropical regions of central europe, africa and asia. in fact, there s incredible diversity among bat species. bats can be found living all around the world, on every continent except antarctica. however, the diversity and unique abilities of bats is also what makes them tough to contend with when it comes to disease. they re the only mammal capable of actually flying, so they can easily spread viruss to other animals and communities.
there was a match. its official name became sars cov 2. the virus that calls covid-19. called covid-19 because it emerged in 2019. the new coronavirus was 96.2% similar to a virus taken from a horseshoe bat in 2013. so what does that mean exactly? well, 96% is a different virus. so it s a bit like the difference between us and chimpanzees. a different species of virus. but what it tells us, where the virus probably came from. it means that sars covid 2 probably came from bats, and probably in southern china. wuhan is 1,000 miles away from the southern subtropical regions of hunan province, where dr. shi says the coronaviruses have the greatest risk of jumping from animals to humans. most of the coronaviruses shi had studied had been in southern china, and wuhan is in central china. when shi first found out there was a coronavirus outbreak in