COVID spread among deer who passed mutations back to humans — with scientists calling it a ‘unique public health risk’

New York Post ^ | July 12, 2023 | Lee Brown

[nickcarraway]

COVID appears to have spread widely among the 30 million deer roaming the US — with some passing mutated forms back to people, according to a government-led study calling it a “unique public health risk.”

Researchers, including several from federal agencies, say they found “at least 109 independent spillovers” of the virus spreading from people to deer, including in New York.

It then mutated while being spread among deer — with the unique strain found in at least three cases passed back to humans, according to findings published Tuesday in the journal Nature. “Deer regularly interact with humans and are commonly found in human environments — near our homes, pets, wastewater and trash,” said the paper’s author, zoonotic disease expert Xiu-Feng Wan.

[Huskrrrr]

Oh brother.

[Right Brother]

A government study would have no agenda. Right?

[T.B. Yoits]

Psychopaths building a bio-weapon via illegal gain-of-function experiments.

What could go wrong?

[SpaceBar]

Researchers, including several from federal agencies...

I'm outta here.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

We need a new government program funding people to go out in the woods and put surgical masks on deer.

[Billthedrill]

Aw, man. First they tell me I can’t have sex with monkeys, now it’s deer. Bats are out and don’t even start me on how hard it is to get a date with a pangolin. What next?

[Veto!]

Nah, it was spread by fruit flys, to human and animal fruits.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Oh blow it out your chinese butt.

[rktman]

So, NOT bats and NOT pangolins but plain old deer. Who knew? 🚫💉💊. SMDH!

[Republican Wildcat]

Deer regularly interact with humans

Really? I mean, we see them, but how often do we actually even get close to them, let alone "regularly interact"?

[showme_the_Glory]

Woo Hondeer

[Wilderness Conservative]

Cough cough bull$h!+. This is an indirect shot at deer hunters.

[webheart]

We interact with deer via deer ticks.

[Dahoser]

COVID appears to have spread widely among the 30 million deer roaming the US — with some passing mutated forms back to people, according to a government-led study calling it a “unique public health risk.”

Apparently in addition to being a unique public health risk, deer have become urban dwellers with the onset of Covid.

From COVID-19 in an Urban World a United Nations policy brief on Covid and cities.

"Urban areas are ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 90 per cent of reported cases.

Cities are bearing the brunt of the crisis – many with strained health systems, inadequate water and sanitation services, and other challenges."

Bambi does NYC. Who knew?

[Revel]

You mean the virus that was created in China with funding from the US?

[cpdiii]

We are “gonna die” least we lock down, least we abridge free speech, least we do as our masters in DC say.

[dljordan]

Government grants.

[Apparatchik]

They found the crossover hybrid responsible.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Another reason vaccination is not effective. The wildlife reserve of certain viruses is not eliminated.