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Coronavirus updates: Mink may have infected human with COVID-19, officials say
ABC News ^ | 05 20 2020 | https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-updates-50-us-states-now-eased-coronavirus/story?id=707813

Posted on 05/20/2020 9:17:50 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

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Dutch investigators believe a human may have contracted the novel coronavirus from a mink at a farm in the Netherlands.

New research findings in the ongoing investigation into the country's mink farms also show that the animals can have COVID-19 without showing any symptoms, according to a press release from the Dutch government.

Investigators also believe cats may have a role in the spread of the virus on the mink farms. Coronavirus antibodies were detected in three out of 11 cats at one of the mink farms under investigation. Pending further research, the Dutch government is advising mink farm owners to ensure that cats cannot enter or exit the site.

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1 posted on 05/20/2020 9:17:50 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

All this time the Scandinavian countries have been heralded as superior cultures. Now we learn the Danes are raising cute, innocent little minks for slaughter, just so rich white women can decorate their formal wear.


2 posted on 05/20/2020 9:30:11 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: yesthatjallen

Better article:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/farm-worker-infected-with-coronavirus-from-mink-dutch-agriculture-minister


3 posted on 05/20/2020 9:32:05 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s a long way from the Netherlands to China.


4 posted on 05/20/2020 9:34:37 AM PDT by 353FMG (Oceans and oceans of snakeoil and not a paddle.)
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To: yesthatjallen

No no.. I’ve been assured by the WHO that animals to human transmission is impossible therefore this post must be removed by googles terms of service.

Of course they also said there was no human to human transmission either


5 posted on 05/20/2020 9:38:25 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: yesthatjallen

Minks are small but they can mess you up.


6 posted on 05/20/2020 9:46:07 AM PDT by dainbramaged (That information is classified. Request denied.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hey I’m going with the Isaac Ben-Israel math formula-70 days hypothesis


7 posted on 05/20/2020 9:58:18 AM PDT by magna carta
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To: yesthatjallen

"So that is not a minkey that you don't have a license for?"
8 posted on 05/20/2020 9:58:23 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Man went into the bank with no mask and everyone hit the floor.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Good for them.


9 posted on 05/20/2020 10:05:24 AM PDT by Varda
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To: yesthatjallen

Rotterdam, the main port for the Netherlands is now owned by China, and Holland is a huge recipient of Belt Road Initiative funds.

This is merely another - very lame - attempt to say that China didn’t cause this virus.

And all of you are falling for it.


10 posted on 05/20/2020 10:10:51 AM PDT by datura
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To: yesthatjallen

Anything except that the ChiComs were responsible, huh?


11 posted on 05/20/2020 10:23:33 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: MikelTackNailer

Corona19 = swine minkey flu


12 posted on 05/20/2020 10:53:07 AM PDT by unlearner (Be ready for war.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

The Dutch are no Scandinavians


13 posted on 05/20/2020 11:02:24 AM PDT by 353FMG (Oceans and oceans of snakeoil and not a paddle.)
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To: 353FMG
The Dutch are no Scandinavians

The culture, not just the peninsula.

14 posted on 05/20/2020 11:05:39 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: 353FMG

Cats got the Wuhan virus from humans, minks got it from the cats.


15 posted on 05/20/2020 11:06:11 AM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg

And the bats got it from the cats.

It’s a dog eat dog world.

5.56mm


16 posted on 05/20/2020 11:10:15 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: M Kehoe

Raccoons can’t catch corona from minks cos they wear masks.


17 posted on 05/20/2020 11:23:06 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect??)
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To: M Kehoe

“It’s a dog eat dog world.”

And vice versa.


18 posted on 05/20/2020 11:27:53 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Geography fail.

Dutch =/= Danes. Netherlands =/= Scandinavia.


19 posted on 05/20/2020 1:50:48 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: Moltke

You’re right.


20 posted on 05/20/2020 2:30:07 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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