Humans are now at risk of getting The Bat Flu.
Great.
Its the end of the world as we know it!
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Just when we were starting to recover from the idea that a virus was turning Americas
deer population into bloodthirsty zombies science hits us with another animal prospect
that will wipe out society.
Usually Bats are lower on the food chain and even though they are terrifying in appearance
we put up with them because they wipe out our mosquito problems.
Unfortunately it looks like a new strain of flu virus is making humans look like mosquitos.
Even though the bat virus isnt a new phenomenon the research discovered in 2012 may have greater
implications than first believed.
Scientists from the University of Zurich reported that they identified a gateway receptor that
allows the bat flu virus to enter the hosts cells causing infection
The unfortunate thing here is that the receptor found also exists in the cells of humans and
livestock.
Generally flu viruses infect a host by binding to a molecule called sialic acid on cells
found in the human respiratory tract.
This is especially prominent in the lungs and is the reason we saw outbreaks of the
bird and swine flu spread to humans.
The terrifying research discovered with the bat flu is that it doesnt bind the same way
as a normal flu virus.
Meaning that normal methods for cures wont work.
Researchers in Switzerland discovered that this particular virus infects its hosts cells
by way of proteins on the cell surface
The proteins found on the surface of those cells is called MHC - 2.
This is alarming considering that these protein receptors can be found on a number of different
species such as mice, pigs and chickens.
To find out just how the bat flu infected these cells the researchers compared genes
that are either resistant or susceptible to the infection.
Five of the genes compared were shown to be responsible for making MHC 2 proteins and
using a genome editing method they noticed the bat flu failed to enter the cell when
they removed MHC 2 proteins.
Johnny - Dont celebrate just yet though.
These protein cells actually play a big role in differentiating pathogens like bacteria
and viruses from our bodys own internal structures.
Soo its not like we could just get rid of them and the problem will be solved.
As Johnny mentioned earlier the receptor can also be found in livestock.
Normally animals like pigs and chickens transmit flu viruses to humans and when researchers
put MHC 2 proteins from livestock into human cells they found the bat flu virus was able
to infect the cells as well.
This is troubling because it means that the bat flu can both infect humans at the source
or by way of first infecting other animals we come in contact with.
There is a limited understanding when it comes to the MHC 2 found in bats as well as the
biological role the protein plays in transmitting the bat flu, but hopefully they find a way
to combat this new virus.
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we should be worried about the bat flu.
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Alright Charlotte lets play devils advocate, Ill be a flat earther and you be the voice
of reason.
Charlotte did you know that gravity is a hoax.
What we think is gravity is actually the buoyancy of objects of different mass interacting with
each other
Well gravity is very real.
An objects gravity depends on its mass.
Thats why rocks dont have their own gravity, but asteroids do.
To prove this think about how without gravity objects of different mass float.
Okay, well did you know that Antarctica isnt a continent.
Its a giant ice wall that surrounds the flat disk earth.
Antarctica is real too.
Flat earthers say no one has ever crossed the whole continent before.
Except they have and still do all the time.
Theres even flight patterns and satellite date from google earth that proves this.
Alright.
Last counter argument then - If the earth really is round, then how come when a boat
goes over the horizon its still visible through a telescope.
Why didnt it disappear over the curve of the Earth?
Because the Earth is insanely big.
Our naked eyes are not enough to be able to see the curve from the ground.
We are tiny in comparison to how large the planet is.
To put things in perspective it takes around 20 hours just to reach the other side of the
world in a plane thats travelling nearly 900 km an hour.
Are ya happy flat earthers?
Theres your counter arguments and sensible rebuttals.
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