Marburg virus is carried by the Egyptian rousette bat, a common cave-dwelling fruit bat endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, where populations can exceed 50 000.

Consumption and trade of wild animals present major zoonotic disease transmission risks.

Since the 1990s, multiple infectious diseases have “spilled over” from nonhuman animals to infect humans and cause significant global morbidity and mortality.

Bats are diverse mammals, globally distributed and ecologically critical, yet some carry disease agents that have severe consequences for human health.

Innovations that curbed malaria and yellow fever were deeply rooted in racist foundations of capital and empire.

Dr Erica Kaufman West joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Which Factors Matter Most When Using Vaccines to Combat Zoonoses?”

Dr Jake Young joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: "How Should Wet Market Practices Be Regulated to Curb Zoonotic Disease Transmission?”

Dr Gregory C. Gray joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Laura A. Pulscher and Hisham O. Alsharif: “Five Things Clinicians Need to Know About Zoonotic Viral Spillover and Spillback.”

John Timothy Kayiwa joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Benard Matovu, Michael Mutebi, Charity Angella Nassuna, Leonara Nabatanzi, and Drs Kevin T. Castle, Robert M. Kityo, and Rebekah C. Kading: “How Should a One Health Perspective Promote Cross-Disciplinary Research About Bat-Associated Viruses in Uganda?”

This comic invites readers to consider aesthetic and ethical intersections of how odds might be presented—even exaggerated—to cultivate fear in public health messaging.