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[deleted] t1_ir291zy wrote

Reply to comment by ALLoftheFancyPants in An obscure family of viruses, already endemic in wild African primates and known to cause fatal Ebola-like symptoms in some monkeys, is “poised for spillover” to humans, according to a new research by giuliomagnifico

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ALLoftheFancyPants t1_ir2omht wrote

I’m not sure how or why you jumped from “increased interaction” to bestiality. Look at Lyme disease, it’s increasing in frequency due to increased habitat (aka deforestation) for ticks in addition more people living in or right near that same habitat. There’s no sex, just existing in the same space, for the overwhelming majority of zoonotic diseases.

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Angry_Millenial26 t1_ir2qxqo wrote

No one is having sex with monkeys… HIV came from people eating monkeys that had the disease

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Goatmanish t1_ir2u44z wrote

You're skipping a step there. It likely came from someone gathering bushmeat (apes in this case) who was bitten or cut while hunting or butchering the infected ape. It's not from eating them.

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