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Related: About this forumScientists see troubling signs in humans spreading Covid to deer
Humans have infected wild deer with Covid-19 in a handful of U.S. states and theres evidence the virus has been spreading between deer, according to recent studies, which outline findings that could complicate the path out of the pandemic.
Scientists swabbed the nostrils of white-tailed deer in Ohio and found evidence of at least six separate times that humans spread the coronavirus to deer, according to a study published last week in Nature.
About one-third of the deer sampled had an active or recent infection, the study says. Similar research in Iowa of tissue from roadkill and hunted deer found widespread evidence of the virus.
The research suggests the coronavirus could be taking hold in a free-ranging species that numbers about 30 million in the United States. No cases of Covid spread from deer to human have been reported, but its possible, scientists say.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/very-unsettling-scientists-see-troubling-signs-in-humans-spreading-covid-to-deer/ar-AASlUDJ
Walleye
(30,996 posts)Kali
(55,006 posts)are people letting them into their houses? how close are they getting? is this from the air, physical contact - directly or from objects or feed?
sue4e3
(731 posts)That it's sewage or waste water in some way
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)It's a real problem in many national parks that are popular with hikers and campers.
nilram
(2,886 posts)So, yeah, were going to be dealing with this for a long time.
Bayard
(22,035 posts)Hunters handling deer after the kill, meat processors handling it. They aren't seeing transmission from deer to human.....yet. But they definitely say to expect new variants from mutation in the deer.
And my brother just gave Mr. Bayard some deer salami for xmas.
Quote from the movie, "Starman",
- Starman: Do deer eat people?
- Jenny Hayden: No.
- Starman: Do people eat people?
- Jenny Hayden: Of course not. What do you think we are?
- Starman: I think you are a very primitive species.
NickB79
(19,233 posts)Not just from humans to deer.
And fairly rapidly at that, seeing how many animals are testing positive.