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Bat Flash! Respond to Reuters News Release Blaming Bats for New Ebola Outbreak

May 15, 2018September 21, 2018 Bat Flash

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

June 8, 2017September 21, 2018 Bat Flash, Disease

By Merlin Tuttle 6/7/17 Virologists are still doggedly pursuing the search for an Ebola reservoir in bats, as reported in […]

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Response to Inappropriate Coverage of Bats and Ebola in Smithsonian Publication

May 9, 2017September 22, 2018 Bat Flash, Disease

Response to Smithsonian story, “Can Saving Animals Prevent the Next Deadly Pandemic?” Merlin Tuttle 5/9/17   Lorraine Boissoneault’s story, Can […]

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UPDATE!  Ebola virus researchers considering alternative reservoir hypotheses, bats unlikely

April 24, 2016September 23, 2018 Disease

Following years of headline speculation reporting bats to be the reservoir for Ebola, a review of current knowledge points elsewhere. […]

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UPDATE! Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed

March 3, 2016November 10, 2016 Disease

In Merlin Tuttle’s blogged report titled, Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed, released on January 15, 2016, he summarized available knowledge of […]

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Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed

January 15, 2016February 15, 2017 Disease

Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed By Merlin Tuttle 1/14/16 If public health concerns were based on actual threats to human mortality, […]

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Bat Flash! NatGeo’s “Virus Hunters” Spreads Groundless Claims About Bats

November 3, 2020November 9, 2020 Bat Flash, Disease

11/2/2020 By Merlin Tuttle I viewed the National Geographic documentary series titled, “Virus Hunters,” with substantial disappointment. Warnings of growing […]

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Bat Flash! CNN Misses the Mark

June 16, 2020September 3, 2020 Bat Flash

Response to CNN Program “Bats—The Mystery Behind COVID-19″ 6/16/2020By Merlin Tuttle I applaud Anderson Cooper for his attempt to improve […]

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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 […]

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Bat Flash! COVID-19 Coronavirus Leads to More Premature Scapegoating of Bats

January 30, 2020April 24, 2020 Bat Flash, Disease

By Merlin TuttleUpdated 03/26/20 The source of human exposure to the COVID-19 virus, or as it was first called, Wuhan […]

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