Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Public Health@mander.xyz · 1 day agoNew coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarmwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 day agoThere’s probably thousands of coronavira in different animals just waiting to give us their love.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 hours agoEspecially bats. They have more viruses than an average family computer
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours agoI guess the correct plural is virii or viruses? (Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·15 hours agoThat’s a common misconception, vira or viruses is correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#English
There’s probably thousands of coronavira in different animals just waiting to give us their love.
Especially bats. They have more viruses than an average family computer
or just don’t mess with the bats?
Vira, that’s funny.
I guess the correct plural is virii or viruses?
(Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
That’s a common misconception, vira or viruses is correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#English