Dirk the Daring sent this one in. Lots of choices: Bat masks? A covid reference a couple of years late? White nose disease?
Is this trying to protect us from the bats, or protect the bats from us?
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It’s very difficult to choose which of those two diseases (and the direction of the vector) that the Wizard is trying to combat (perhaps both?)
Although white nose syndrome was (rampantly) widespread long before Covid-19 was ever detected, it has only recently received public attention corresponding to its drastic effects on bat populations. Conversely, the corona virus responsible for Covid-19 is definitely related to viruses found in bats.
Even though the masks make the bats look like they have little white noses, I think the Covid reference is more probable,† but the Wizard’s strategy is effectively the same as closing the barn door after the horses have escaped.
P.S. (†) – Especially because Covid is a respiratory disease, whereas WNS is caused by an external fungus, against which a mask would do precisely bupkis.
He’s hanging newly-made semi-magical batmasks up outside the Batcave so Bruce Wayne can pick them up on his way in to work.
Or, Wizard is protecting us from the next virus to leap from bats. There are several in the pipeline.
I tend to go with white-nose syndrome.
This is only one aspect of the (currently 75%) decline of bats
from LNT.org (Leave No Trace)
“A recent economic analysis indicated that insect suppression services provided by bats for U.S. agriculture is valued up to 50 billion dollars per year. Without bats, we can expect more expensive and dangerous pesticides to be used in our agriculture.”
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It’s very difficult to choose which of those two diseases (and the direction of the vector) that the Wizard is trying to combat (perhaps both?)
Although white nose syndrome was (rampantly) widespread long before Covid-19 was ever detected, it has only recently received public attention corresponding to its drastic effects on bat populations. Conversely, the corona virus responsible for Covid-19 is definitely related to viruses found in bats.
Even though the masks make the bats look like they have little white noses, I think the Covid reference is more probable,† but the Wizard’s strategy is effectively the same as closing the barn door after the horses have escaped.
P.S. (†) – Especially because Covid is a respiratory disease, whereas WNS is caused by an external fungus, against which a mask would do precisely bupkis.
He’s hanging newly-made semi-magical batmasks up outside the Batcave so Bruce Wayne can pick them up on his way in to work.
Or, Wizard is protecting us from the next virus to leap from bats. There are several in the pipeline.
I tend to go with white-nose syndrome.
This is only one aspect of the (currently 75%) decline of bats
from LNT.org (Leave No Trace)
“A recent economic analysis indicated that insect suppression services provided by bats for U.S. agriculture is valued up to 50 billion dollars per year. Without bats, we can expect more expensive and dangerous pesticides to be used in our agriculture.”
[ I’m dropping my dialup service and losing that email address I picked up when my original provider, Software Tool and Die (aka std or “the World”), got cocky and thought they could change over to another Internet backbone in a week. I AM the “Kevin A” of old on CIDU ]
IT-Geezer alert! (With a side of OY)
Mitch4, I really like that one!