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The Uncomfortable Relationship Between Climate Change and Viruses

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We need to preserve bat habitats so we can stop the spread of the virus.    We live in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution but at the same time in the age of Guns, Germs, and Steels preached by Jared Diamonds. The spread and spread of a virus called Corona19 asks us. What era do we live in now?    Human history has a repetitive and familiar flow. It may be because we are human beings with 23 pairs of chromosomes. In addition to this, chasing the spread of viral diseases such as Nipah, SARS, Ebola, and MERS in the past will make the only bats among mammals capable of flying.    Bats have been with viruses for a long time. Fast-speed flapping for flight increases metabolism and body temperature. Bats consume three to five times more energy than land mammals of the same size because of their wings. This process produces harmful oxygen and cell damage, which generally causes inflammation in mammals. Excessive inflammatory reactions can cause disease ...