{"id":2488,"date":"2020-03-26T10:03:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T22:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2020-03-30T10:40:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T22:40:21","slug":"are-all-viruses-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/are-all-viruses-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Are ALL Viruses Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"graphic<\/a>With all that is going on\u00a0 around us,\u00a0 all across this beautiful planet of ours and the word `virus’ dominating everything we see, hear, read in the media at the moment I found myself thinking “Are all viruses bad? Are there any useful, beneficial viruses? And\u00a0 why\u00a0 ARE bats\u00a0 such good carriers\u00a0 off so many nasty diseases – over 60 of them!”<\/p>\n

It seems highly likely that viruses do play a substantial part in maintaining a healthy body.\u00a0 You have probably heard of our `microbiome’ but what about our ‘virome’
\nRead more here:
\nHow ‘good’ viruses may influence health\u00a0<\/a>
\nHere:
\nNot All Viruses Are Bad For You. Here Are Some That Can Have a Protective Effect<\/a>
\nAnd here:
\nViruses Don\u2019t Deserve Their Bad Rap: They\u2019re The Unsung Heroes You Never See<\/a>
\n[In\u00a0 the embedded Ted-X talk in this link, the always engaging,\u00a0Peter\u00a0Pollard also\u00a0 illustrates some illuminating facts about how much C02 freshwater ecosystems pump into the atmosphere, due in part to viruses… everything is linked! ]<\/span><\/p>\n

And on the question of why bats are such good carriers of disease.\"Brown<\/a>
\nCheck out:
\nWhy Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases?<\/a><\/p>\n

BEFORE YOU CLICK-\u00a0 Spend a minute thinking about what you know of bat behaviour and basic physiology …. (The answer may take flight in your head…(hint))<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

However, when all is said and done our thoughts are all on one virus at the moment.<\/p>\n

Ever wondered how the tests for Coronavirus work?<\/a>
\nMay you never have to take one!<\/em><\/p>\n

P.S.
\nNeed a refresher on just exactly what viruses are and how they work?
\nCheck out this great Khan Academy Tutorial on Viruses<\/a> and the\u00a0 text Q&A that follows.<\/p>\n

Stay safe
\nBe patient<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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