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Does NeoCov make you nervous?

Asked by rebbel (35549points) January 28th, 2022

Chinese scientists found a new virus, in South-Africa, in bats, that they call NeoCov.
For now it’s an animal-only virus, but the WHO wants to do (more) research to see whether it could potentially be one that can go from animal to human.
Apparently it looks like MERS.
It would, apparently, potentially be pretty lethal; 1 in 3…..
My initial reaction, after I only read a header, was: “Oh my freaking god, now we’re done with…...”
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