More than half of the white-tailed deer in Michigan have been infected with coronavirus sparking concerns of a large viral reservoir among wild animals

Daily Mail ^

[janetjanet998]

Researchers found white-tailed deer in four US states have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 They collected samples from 481 deer and 33% of them had antibodies

However, 60% of the samples taken from Michigan had antibodies

Experts fear the virus could spill over into the human population

[janetjanet998]

I think after 19 months they finally found the original host animal

HUMANS

[rovenstinez]

Oh, my, I hope they can get masks for all of them.

[janetjanet998]

Oh, my, I hope they can get masks for all of them.

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outdoors and most social distance

odd

[vetvetdoug]

Duh, the virus mutates from species to species because it replicates in such numbers that a variant will infect other species. Welcome to the world veterinarians have been having to deal with for the past forty years.

[Glad2bnuts]

I choose to eat my antibodies in the form of Venison. Now if they find similar in Elk populations near here, I will volunteer to eliminate my share and store in the deep freeze for future testing at my errrrrr grill, I mean lab.

[humblegunner]

Whatever.
They’re finding Covid in motor oil and queso and fingernail polish.

The tests are bunk.

[G Larry]

It’s ok. Those blue masks will fit the deer just fine....and be just as effective as they are for humans....

[cgbg]

They will have to kill the village to save it....

[Safrguns]

Just shows you how bogus their testing is.

[Dilbert San Diego]

They discovered Covid in some animals at a zoo. No word though if they were putting masks on the animals or what they were doing about it.

[janetjanet998]

Duh, the virus mutates from species to species because it replicates in such numbers that a variant will infect other specices

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and yet it seems to be missing in animals in China.......(Gee I wonder why)

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This time, though, the intermediate-host hypothesis has one big problem. More than a year after covid-19 began, no food animal has been identified as a reservoir for the pandemic virus. That’s despite efforts by China to test tens of thousands of animals, including pigs, goats, and geese, according to Liang Wannian, who leads the Chinese side of the research team. No one has found a “direct progenitor” of the virus, he says, and therefore the pandemic “remains an unsolved mystery.”

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/26/1021263/bat-covid-coronavirus-cause-origin-wuhan/

[Michael.SF.]

How long until they reach herd immunity?

[Ezekiel]

How long until they reach herd immunity?

You winz the Internet today!

[alexander_busek]

More than half of the white-tailed deer in Michigan have been infected with coronavirus sparking concerns of a large viral reservoir among wild animals

What percentage of them are on ventilation?

Regards,

[foundedonpurpose]

I do believe that I had a bad case of covid in my drawers 30 or more years ago.

[Semper Vigilantis]

Well there ya go - no need for Michiganers to possess those dangerous assault guns anymore.

[Texas resident]

What a pile.

It’s almost August. Deer hunters are starting to make their plans and get their gear in order.

“OH NO’S.” You will get covid from venison!!!

[wildcard_redneck]

Dead deer are everywhere! Oh wait, there are just as many deer as there ever was. It is a scam.

The longer that most Americans fall for this con the lower my opinion of humanity gets.

[blackdog]

Those dogs playing poker are going to have to cancel their game they have been playing for what? 50 years now?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

That’s no problem; I hunt mule deer here in Arizona.