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NYC rats carry COVID-19: ‘Could pose a risk to humans,’ new study says
NY Post ^ | 03/10/2023 | Brooke Kato

Posted on 03/10/2023 7:09:43 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Maybe the rats do run this city.

New York City rodents can carry the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 – and researchers fear it could be transmitted to humans, according to a new study.

The new research, published Thursday in the American Society for Microbiology “mBio,” determined that the rats could be infected with the Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants.

“Our findings highlight the need for further monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in rat populations for potential secondary zoonotic transmission to humans,” Dr. Henry Wan, the study’s principal investigator, said in a statement.

“Overall, our work in this space shows that animals can play a role in pandemics that impact humans, and it’s important that we continue to increase our understanding so we can protect both human and animal health,” added Dr. Wan, who also serves as a professor and the director for the University of Missouri’s Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

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Researchers fear????? Go BEEP yourself with this crap.
1 posted on 03/10/2023 7:09:43 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

New law, all rodents must wear masks!!


2 posted on 03/10/2023 7:10:29 AM PST by Roadrunner383
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To: ChicagoConservative27

RATs and BATs with hats - Jobu


3 posted on 03/10/2023 7:11:33 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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NYC Rats carry Covid-19????

We ALL know DemocRATS carry all kinds of disease. Dirty, Filthy, Smelly, Woke, Liberal Vermin!!!

MASK UP DemocRATS!!! Get your Boosters! Just leave the rest of us alone !!!


4 posted on 03/10/2023 7:13:23 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Aren’t we all pretty much immune at this point?


5 posted on 03/10/2023 7:16:07 AM PST by The Duke
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All this and the Plague too!


6 posted on 03/10/2023 7:16:22 AM PST by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’ve known this with every flu type virus for decades....Animal reservoirs are the reason it’s almost impossible to create a vaccine to stop it.


7 posted on 03/10/2023 7:16:53 AM PST by mikelets456
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Rats carry COVID-19!

That sounds like the Democrats I see that are fully “immunized” with their clot shots.


8 posted on 03/10/2023 7:17:24 AM PST by rx
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To: left that other site
"All this and the Plague too!"

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Yes.
Democrats carry the plague of communism.

Sad but true.


9 posted on 03/10/2023 7:26:58 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Rats like these?


10 posted on 03/10/2023 7:27:26 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Trump: "I am Batman!")
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To: GaltAdonis

Agreed.


11 posted on 03/10/2023 7:28:42 AM PST by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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New York City rodents can carry the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 – and researchers fear it could be transmitted to humans, according to a new study.

Better shut it all down then, New York. 🙄

12 posted on 03/10/2023 7:31:22 AM PST by Allegra
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kill the Rats!!!!!!!!


13 posted on 03/10/2023 7:33:13 AM PST by RatRipper
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To: Roadrunner383

Maybe I’m missing the point of this.

They are fixating on how the covid-19 virus can be spread by rats. The big rodent infestations in New York and other cities are a health hazard for many other reasons besides covid-19.

Yet for some reason they want to talk about how the rats can somehow spread covid-19, but not say anything about the other health dangers that are exposed to humans.


14 posted on 03/10/2023 7:42:53 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They’d better exterminate those goats and paw-paws in Tanzania while they’re at it.


15 posted on 03/10/2023 7:43:48 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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New York would be better off with rats running the joint than the humans there.


16 posted on 03/10/2023 8:13:25 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Don’t just stand there! PANIC!


17 posted on 03/10/2023 8:31:45 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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But they don’t mention the rats in DC, why is that?


18 posted on 03/10/2023 8:34:08 AM PST by algore
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To: ChicagoConservative27; 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infectious Disease ping - New York City Rats may carry, and transmit, the covid-19 virus disease

(from the article):" New York City rodents can carry the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 – and researchers fear it could be transmitted to humans, according to a new study."

"The new research, published Thursday in the American Society for Microbiology “mBio,” determined that the rats could be infected with the Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants."

“Our findings highlight the need for further monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in rat populations for potential secondary zoonotic transmission to humans,”
Dr. Henry Wan, the study’s principal investigator, said in a statement."

“Overall, our work in this space shows that animals can play a role in pandemics that impact humans, and it’s important that we continue to increase our understanding
so we can protect both human and animal health,” added Dr. Wan,
who also serves as a professor and the director for the University of Missouri’s Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases."

19 posted on 03/10/2023 8:43:16 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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What kind of a TWOT would you have to be to suddenly be afraid of a NYC rat ‘cause some Aholes suspect they might carry the WuhanFlu?

NYC rats can carry off children, fer Gawds’s sake.


20 posted on 03/10/2023 10:15:14 AM PST by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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