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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New law, all rodents must wear masks!!
RATs and BATs with hats - Jobu
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 !!!
Aren’t we all pretty much immune at this point?
All this and the Plague too!
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.
Rats carry COVID-19!
That sounds like the Democrats I see that are fully “immunized” with their clot shots.
.
Yes.
Democrats carry the plague of communism.
Sad but true.
Agreed.
Better shut it all down then, New York. 🙄
Kill the Rats!!!!!!!!
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.
They’d better exterminate those goats and paw-paws in Tanzania while they’re at it.
New York would be better off with rats running the joint than the humans there.
Don’t just stand there! PANIC!
But they don’t mention the rats in DC, why is that?
(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."
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.
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