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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 31 since coronavirus was declared a global

pandemic. Today, we're bringing you a special episode of the podcast. It's a close look at how

the novel coronavirus lived before it entered humans and who it lived in.

Bats.

They are almost certainly the source of this pandemic.

But they may also hold the clues to stopping the next one.

Scientists have learned that the new coronavirus shares 96% of its genetic makeup with a virus previously detected in a kind of bat,

known as the horseshoe bat, from the Yunnan province in China.

It turns out these bats are virological treasure troves.

So many of the infectious agents we worry most about coexist in virtual harmony with these nocturnal creatures. Bloomberg, senior editor, Jason Gale, takes us back to the mid-1990s,

where a surprise finding by scientists in Australia led to the emergence of the backpack.

A group of researchers who not only discovered a whole genus of dangerous viruses, but found

what could be the precursor of the novel coronavirus.

They're also laying the groundwork for potential treatments.

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