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Warpy

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Wed Aug 4, 2021, 11:24 AM Aug 2021

Startling Discovery Suggests 40% of Wild Deer in The US Have Had The Coronavirus [View all]

The novel coronavirus appears to have somehow jumped from humans to wild deer in some parts of the United States.

In the northeast corner of the nation, a recent federal survey found neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 in 40 percent of all white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) that were sampled.

In the state of Michigan alone, 67 percent of free-ranging deer showed immune markers for the coronavirus in their bloodwork

https://www.sciencealert.com/more-than-a-third-of-wild-deer-in-the-us-have-been-exposed-to-the-novel-coronavirus

Anyone who thinks he can wait this out is sadly mistaken. There are now many animal reservoirs of this disease.

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