Question on Coronaviruses in local bats:

To my understanding, there are Coronaviruses in US bats (not sure about OR and WA), but not closely related to SARS-CoV (1 or 2).  Here is an article about it: 

There may be some other papers on the subject, I do not know.  I discuss this in my Coronavirus lecture on my YouTube channel, (YouTube.com/c/KenStedman) if you are interested in more details. 

-Ken Stedman


On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 12:02 PM wrote:

Dr. Stedman,Considering your statement that COVID-19 originated in bats from China, is it possible that Oregon and Washington bats carry similar viruses?