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Thats why the influenza viruses often arise out of china as well. weve got to figure this out. >> is there any way to scientifically prove that this occurred naturally without going to china? it seems like it hasnt been replicated yet with bats. explain that. >> well, i think thats exactly what we need to do. we need to -- thats why im talking about full access. i think really a detailed analysis of bat populations, all of the possible reservoir animals and people, and without that, its going to...

Often arise out of china as well. weve got to figure this out. >> is there any way to scientifically prove that this occurred naturally without going to china? it seems like it hasnt been replicated yet with bats. explain that. >> well, i think thats exactly what we need to do. we need to -- thats why im talking about full access. i think really a detailed analysis of bat populations, all of the possible reservoir animals and people, and without that, its going to be really hard to sort this out...

I think from ebola, when you put all the data together, transmission, rules or cycle, its clear. so definitely, its from bats. and then you have intermediate host. it could be some mammals, either -- and then i could also be directed from bats to humans. you can see. ebola, sars and mers are all from bats, so theyre a very serious problem. >> if we look around the world, you can see that bat populations are being severely stressed by climate change. some of them because they live in the upper ti...

If we look around the world, we can see that bat populations are being severely stressed by climate change. some of them because they live in the upper tiers of rain forest and feed on wild fruits. but, the upper tiers are getting the most impact of this heat increase and increase uv radiation. add to that, humans are encroaching in the rain forest into bat habitats and caves. they are shy creature. they do not seek you out no matter what vampire movies that you see. >> in the process, theyre pa...

>> if we look around the world, you can see that bat populations are being severely stressed by climate change. some of them because they live in the upper tiers of rainforests and feed on wild fruit, but the upper tiers of rainforests are getting the biggest impact of the heat increase and increase of heat radiation. add to that that humans are encroaching into the forests. bats are shy reaches. they too not seek them out. we see more and more bat populations starving and coming into human habi...

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