Government advice fully accords with everything I've said. So here are the facts, stated simply, then you can whine away all you like, as I'm rapidly losing interest. Anything you can't agree with, tell it to the marines.

Bats can carry strains of rabies-like viruses, but this is rare.

27 UK bats, generally specimens found dead then reported, have been found to be infected out of many thousands sent in over many years.

There has been just one single case in the UK of a bat infecting a human. This was a man in Scotland in 2002 who was a licensed bat-handler and who had had prolonged contact with bats over many years.

In order to catch the disease from an infected bat (which are very rare) you have to be scratched or bitten by the bat.

Bats are very shy of humans and are extremely unlikely to show a human any aggression.

You can't catch rabies by touching a bat with unbroken skin.

No bat has been found in this country carrying the novel coronavirus strain.

There is absolutely no need to worry that you might catch rabies from any bats in your house, garden or anywhere else. It simply isn't going to happen.

There are eighteen species of bat in the UK, not one.

Enjoy life.