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by dragonwriter 2038 days ago
> As with other types of flu.

COVID-19 is not a type of the flu, in the same way that a human is not a type of bat.

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Unless you’re Bruce Wayne. Sorry, couldn’t resist...
Probably a better analogy would be a bat is not a type of bird.
Fun fact:

The Bible counts bats as birds.

Leviticus 11: 19

“And these you shall detest among the birds;a they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, the kite, the falcon of any kind, every raven of any kind, the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind, the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl, the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture, the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat."

Interesting, I never knew ostrich or heron were "haram". Herons used to be a famous delicacy in mediaval Europe.

https://survlivel.cultu.be/heron-stew

And ostriches are moderately popular now