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Could we anticipate the next big disease outbreak, stopping a virus like Ebola before it ever strikes? In this talk about frontline scientific research, ecologist Daniel Streicker takes us to the Amazon rainforest in Peru where he tracks the movement of vampire bats in order to forecast and prevent rabies outbreaks. By studying these disease patterns, Streicker shows how we could learn to cut off the next pandemic at its source.
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Wonka
there you go one from me
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Is it me or do all bats look cute?
You mean sky puppies? Yeah they do
In a harmless-but-vicious sort of way. Like chihuahuas.
Scientist Alif Froomey flying doggos
@your father nah men I had a bat sleep at my window during the night for years, eventually we became bffs
I vaccinate my kids and they are doing fine
Most kids do
All kid do, science always wins
@your father
There are vaccine reactions but they are much milder and better monitored than dieses they prevent from affecting people.
Vaccinated all 4 of my children , they did just fine, they vaccinate their own now, and their all fine as well.
If people don’t vaccinate they could turn batty.
Y’all ever just like… Vaccinate a vampire bat
We should support whole the process of development of science to good of the humanity.
Of course.
*the good of sabbatean frankism. Our best technology and developments are being hijacked and hidden from us from an evil death cult. Viva La Revolution.
Incredible good work Daniel Streicker. Thank you!
my mother got me vaccinated when was a baby-pre teen, fast forward to the present, I still vaccinate my self still because the science behind them proves that it works to benefit humanity period.
so zoo-viruses are jumping from animals into humans?
Moses Jonson they’ve always been, thats how the plague started for instance, on fleas. And Ebola was found in bat droppings as well, they are still studying the strains of Ebola it has a high mutation rate. You can see videos on that around YouTube as well. Also I’m pretty positive it’s a zoonotic disease.
That’s why some stands are called Bird-flue or something like that.
bring rabies to its knees
Didn’t realize rabies killed so many people every year.
This man is a hero.
Melih Durmaz really, how about considering your parents to being a hero?
This man is a scientist.
Priscila Diniz Thank god I’m not a rocket scientist like you, we’d still be playing with matches. Thanks troll for the heads up! Really
Not vaccinating ever.
Die?
Becourse I’d like you to be around to tell me how you came to your position.
Don’t even know where to start. Just following intuition, it’s all fearmongering.. Measles isn’t deadly. Lots of children out there with severe vaccine injury and parents coming forward. Can’t be hidden very long anymore.
@Tanja https://youtu.be/zBkVCpbNnkU
Parents aren’t the best source but need to be taken seriously, those who had children die from preventable disease too.
Vacation is a risk, no one should hide, the new ebola vaccine is associated with 2 hard atacks and a car crash… that’s however not causal.
@fiona fiona Lies
@Tanja
What part?
I’m tryna think of a good vaccination joke…
it’s hard. But I’ve got a long life to think of one.
Right, and Donal Trump is the greatest thing that has ever happened to humanity since vaccines and GMO’s. the washed-up, useless eaters, dumbed-down and conditioned masses will go along with vaccinating themselves. There’s no money in cure but there is money in sickness.
Who will speak up for the rabies virus???
Doesnt. The REAL vampire bats are the lying disease-mongering pharma medical cartel. And preying on children they play the child card to control parent and ruin the child-parent relationship with damaging vaccines. This guy has the biggest load of money grubbing BULL I have heard in a while. I come from a science family and we know its a cartel about money.
Too bad there isn’t a cure for stupidity.
Great work Mr. Streicker!