The Scientist and the Bats
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Funders thought watching #bats wasn’t important. Then she helped solve the #mystery
of a deadly #virus.

Novel infectious #diseases will keep coming at us, #wildlife
ecologist Peggy Eby warns. Investing in scientific work like hers “seems like a poor approach now,” she said, “but 20 years from now, we’ll look back & wonder why we didn’t do it.”

The latest in our Roots of An Outbreak series from @carolinechen

#Health #Disease #Research
https://www.propublica.org/article/australia-bats-hendra-research-pandemic-prevention?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post