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| Topic | Did the virus always exist somewhere in nature but wasn't discovered until 2019? |
| slk_23 01/27/21 11:14:40 PM #1: | I don't know whether "discovered" is the right word, but I don't know how else to put it. Like take HIV/AIDS, for instance. That's a virus that came from illegally hunting monkeys for food in the 1980s, and then it spread to humans. COVID-19 is a virus that came from illegally hunting bats for food in the 2010s, and then it spread to humans. Does that mean scary viruses like these have always existed somewhere throughout nature, but it won't cause diseases in humans until a very specific set of events sets it off? Because both examples were way after globalization began, so do these viruses always exist somewhere in nature but won't start killing people until certain conditions are met? --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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