The problem of finding new diseases is one that has concerned people of all backgrounds, who belive that a pre-warning to a disease is a helpful way flatten the curve of deaths from animal-related pandemics.
Smithsonian scientists have to get dressed in protective gear in the middle of the night, enter a clammy cave, and then set up nets to capture bats for testing. They also have to collect feces. After that hassle, they then have to get to the lab, and start doing their testing, to see if the bats are carrying any diseases with them, and whether they are any threat to mankind. This is a typical day for the scientists who are attempting to find viruses that are spread from bats, and quickly stop the spread before it gets out of hand.
I belive that those scientists are doing a good job, and should keep up the work. This is because then we can know which viruses exist, and can keep it from spreading to humans. Also, even if it does spread to the world, we can have a forewarning. For example, if we had a forewarning that Coronavirus was coming, we could get ready for the pandemic, and not have it raging across the world right now, closing businesses, schools, restaurants, stores, and basically everything. Now the pandemic is making life hard for everyone, as people are losing jobs, and being evicted because they can’t pay their rent.
To recapitulate, the scientists should be doing these tests, which they are, and they should keep doing it. This not only helpful for us, it can also help the animals, to identify which disease is which, and we can treat them.