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Hikers are infecting Virginia wildlife with COVID-19, study finds
The Hill ^ | 07/29/2024 | Saul Elbein

Posted on 07/29/2024 12:47:44 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Six common wildlife species in Virginia have high rates of the virus that causes COVID-19 — a disease they likely caught from humans.

The virus has been found in deer mice, Virginia opossum, raccoons, groundhogs, Eastern cottontails and Eastern red bats, according to findings in Nature.

“I think the big take home message is the virus is pretty ubiquitous,” said Amanda Goldberg of the Virginia Tech Department of Biological Sciences.

That meant little danger to humans from wildlife, researchers found. There was no evidence of humans catching COVID-19 from wildlife.

The same was not true in reverse. Animals living in sites with high human traffic — like hiking trails — had three times the levels of COVID-19 markers in their blood as animals farther from people.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: covid; covid19; covid1984; fakenews; hikers; stoppostinginnews; theshill; virginia; wildlife
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I think I have heard it all now... Are these weirdos who are hiking making out with animals or something???
1 posted on 07/29/2024 12:47:44 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

😄😄😄😄


2 posted on 07/29/2024 12:50:02 PM PDT by madison10
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To: ChicagoConservative27

coronavirus . . . . the common cold.


3 posted on 07/29/2024 12:58:35 PM PDT by knarf
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They forgot to add that COVID is most often found in psycho-karen mask wearers who took every “vax” update.


4 posted on 07/29/2024 1:03:40 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It doesn’t need physical contact if it’s airborne.


5 posted on 07/29/2024 1:05:47 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They’re probably going to recycle this story when Thanksgiving comes around to say “See...SEE!!! The Pilgrims gave the Indians small pox on purpose...it’s a holiday of death, racism and tyranny”!!!!


6 posted on 07/29/2024 1:06:21 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: knarf

coronavirus . . . . the common cold.
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It’s not the bio-agent one needs to be concerned about, it’s the jab.


7 posted on 07/29/2024 1:10:41 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: ChicagoConservative27; nickcarraway; ransomnote; Jane Long
From 2021...

Experimental Susceptibility of North American Raccoons (Procyon lotor) and Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis) to SARS-CoV-2

...Our findings demonstrate that while striped skunks and raccoons are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, it is unlikely that either species is likely to be a competent reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 in a natural setting...

8 posted on 07/29/2024 1:11:56 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Jamestown1630

SARS-COV-2 isn’t the only coronavirus, is it?

In humans or in animals.


9 posted on 07/29/2024 1:12:46 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

i am more concerned about dihydrogen monoxide.


10 posted on 07/29/2024 1:20:29 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: mewzilla

No, there’s a range of coronaviruses. And some animals are more susceptible than others to them. (I suspect a lot of the animals that ‘19’ has been found in haven’t exhibited symptoms - and neither have a lot of humans.)


11 posted on 07/29/2024 1:21:42 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What BS!


12 posted on 07/29/2024 1:22:43 PM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hey, furries, leave the deer alone! [/Pink Floyd]


13 posted on 07/29/2024 1:22:55 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Outlaw hikers! Plus...they smell.


14 posted on 07/29/2024 1:24:48 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: mewzilla

Musteloid animals seem especially susceptible to viruses seen in humans.


15 posted on 07/29/2024 1:28:29 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Shedding the C19 vaccine.


16 posted on 07/29/2024 1:30:42 PM PDT by Old Yeller (On judgement day, you’ll wish you were biblically correctly, not politically correct.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Other species most often, not humans.


17 posted on 07/29/2024 1:30:42 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: iontheball

They’re going around and jabbing squirrels ?


18 posted on 07/29/2024 1:35:01 PM PDT by knarf
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The government needs to mail election ballots to “wildlife“ or we’ve lost our democracy.


19 posted on 07/29/2024 1:38:26 PM PDT by Ken Regis (I concur )
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To: mewzilla

I’m not sure what you mean.


20 posted on 07/29/2024 1:40:05 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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