Bat Flash! Respond to Reuters News Release Blaming Bats for New Ebola Outbreak
By Merlin Tuttle 5/15/18 I share Benoit Nyemba and Fiston Mahamba’s concern regarding a potential resurgence of Ebola in […]
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Behind the Latest Ebola Story in Science
By Merlin Tuttle 6/7/17 Virologists are still doggedly pursuing the search for an Ebola reservoir in bats, as reported in […]
Response to Inappropriate Coverage of Bats and Ebola in Smithsonian Publication
Response to Smithsonian story, “Can Saving Animals Prevent the Next Deadly Pandemic?” Merlin Tuttle 5/9/17 Lorraine Boissoneault’s story, Can […]
UPDATE! Ebola virus researchers considering alternative reservoir hypotheses, bats unlikely
Following years of headline speculation reporting bats to be the reservoir for Ebola, a review of current knowledge points elsewhere. […]
UPDATE! Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed
In Merlin Tuttle’s blogged report titled, Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed, released on January 15, 2016, he summarized available knowledge of […]
Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed
Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed By Merlin Tuttle 1/14/16 If public health concerns were based on actual threats to human mortality, […]
Bat Flash! NatGeo’s “Virus Hunters” Spreads Groundless Claims About Bats
11/2/2020 By Merlin Tuttle I viewed the National Geographic documentary series titled, “Virus Hunters,” with substantial disappointment. Warnings of growing […]
Bat Flash! CNN Misses the Mark
Response to CNN Program “Bats—The Mystery Behind COVID-19″ 6/16/2020By Merlin Tuttle I applaud Anderson Cooper for his attempt to improve […]
Good Intentions Can Still Leave a Bad Taste
5/29/2020 By Merlin Tuttle and Danielle Cordani Wrong approaches in defense of bats can be even worse than not defending […]
Bat Flash! COVID-19 Coronavirus Leads to More Premature Scapegoating of Bats
By Merlin TuttleUpdated 03/26/20 The source of human exposure to the COVID-19 virus, or as it was first called, Wuhan […]
