Specially given that after a year and a half we still don't seem to ponder that livestock, hunting, deforestation, and all sorts of animal experimenting mean another deadly disease could slip up anytime as it just did.
"anthropized environments can provide an acceptable habitat for a large range of bat species, generating thus a higher diversity of bats and in turn of bat-borne viruses next to human dwellings … This increases the risk of transmission of viruses through direct contact, domestic animal infection, or contamination by urine or feces." [0]
"Deforestation has also been associated with the increased emergence of viral pathogens, such as SARS, Ebola and other viruses of bats." [1]
The conclusions of the first paper (from April 2018) seem prophetic in hindsight: "The risk of emergence of a novel bat-CoV disease can therefore be envisioned."
I believe the premise is that close contact with nature may lead to species-hopping viruses transmitting to us. Combine that with bats like to live on human structures, double whammy. Bats are highly social and create breeding-grounds for tons of pathogens.
