Why Do Other Animals Keep Giving Us Viruses?

Teacher or professor: It's Okay To Be Smart
Subject: Knowledge
Content of the Lesson: We’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Viruses keep jumping out of nature and into humans, and getting us very sick in the process. So why do zoonotic spillovers like SARS-CoV-2 happen, and why are they becoming more frequent? We asked an expert. #coronavirus #zoonosis #itsokaytobesmart Special thanks to David Quammen For more, please read “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic” by David Quammen https://amzn.to/2AvxIta If you doubt the claim about Earth's viruses stretching millions of light-years, then read this Nature paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro2644.pdf Special thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons: AlecZero Diego Lombeida Dustin Ernesto Silva George Gladding Jay Stephens Marcus Tuepker Megan K Bradshaw Peter Ehrnstrom Ron Kakar vincbis Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/


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