Is SARS-CoV killing the bees? Would we ever be able to evidence bees can be infected then lose their sense of smell and would we even care? #DontLookUP #PublicHealth #MuzzledScientists - ThreadSky

realitycheckmarker.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Is SARS-CoV killing the bees?
Would we ever be able to evidence bees can be infected then lose their sense of smell and would we even care? #DontLookUP #PublicHealth #MuzzledScientists

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nonviolence.bsky.social•6 days ago

The US just lost 70-80% of ALL bees in 8 months.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721054048

Bees can be trained to identify SARS-CoV-2 infected samples
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9096705/

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realitycheckmarker.bsky.social•6 days ago

If White Tailed Deer lost their sense of smell to protect against predators (hunting), we would never know.

nonviolence.bsky.social•6 days ago

Re bees, they use ™️s:

"The data is showing us the worst bee loss in recorded history. Researchers are struggling to understand what's causing the deaths."

I am not very worried about wildlife anymore as there is almost none left. But there some humans still, can their smell be affected by SARS?

realitycheckmarker.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thanks for providing the context. There's a large number of people who don't know that bees are dying in record numbers and are unaware that we have no idea what mankind has done to cause this and therefore we have no clue what requires to be undone. Hint: it's not *more* dandelions.

nonviolence.bsky.social•6 days ago

We deny every- and anything that is #airborne today?

Airborne or invisible is the Ur-Semmelweis Reflex?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semmelweis_reflex#The_transmission_of_Covid-19

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nonviolence.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thanks for your SARS work!

Cornell was asked to look into bees. I am now more worried about the only primary producers in biology & the foundation for all other life: Bacteria

"Microbiome extinction event" doesn't roll?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834344-900-the-shocking-decline-of-earths-microbiome-and-how-to-save-it/
https://bsky.app/profile/nonviolence.bsky.social/post/3lmhpns4o622v

permaspudfarmer.bsky.social•6 days ago

This reminds me how I was curious about SARS effect on invertebrates, need to look it up more https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749121014007

permaspudfarmer.bsky.social•6 days ago

Also fish, fearing for the damage we're doing with our sewage water etc. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8769877/

realitycheckmarker.bsky.social•6 days ago

What inspires us to write such a wacky post about bees is the absolute wacky lack of science behind "save the dandelion" campaigns. We assume some corporation in the herbicide production started or promotes that dandelion nonsense because bees don't get pollen from dandelions.

nonviolence.bsky.social•6 days ago

What is wacky is that we have more golf course land using glyphosate (a general antibiotic) than solar and wind farm land.

How about food farms? Spraying 2-4 million metric tons of antibiotics all over the land must do something?
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833716
https://bsky.app/profile/nonviolence.bsky.social/post/3lq3obrsjbs2y

realitycheckmarker.bsky.social•6 days ago

Americans should rightfully be concerned with how much food safety oversight is provided exactly by those producing the food.

There's only corporate profits as a concern because there's zero accountability.

nonviolence.bsky.social•6 days ago

I am not sure if our brains have evolved to understand what it means to release 2-4 million metric tons of #antibiotics annually. Human & livestock use is a rounding error compared to these numbers?
https://www.who.int/news/item/26-04-2024-who-reports-widespread-overuse-of-antibiotics-in-patients--hospitalized-with-covid-19
https://bsky.app/profile/nonviolence.bsky.social/post/3lkwjisz5gk2e

realitycheckmarker.bsky.social•6 days ago

Dandelion pollen and nectar is too low in certain proteins to be beneficial to bees. Only flies, wasps and butterflies can subsist on dandelions, and they still need an abundant supply. Where did this "save the dandelion campaign" come from?

realitycheckmarker.bsky.social•6 days ago

Well, one of the dandelion's very unique qualities is that they can only be manually removed if the entire grass is dug up - or herbicides are used.

Very clever marketing campaign!

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