A third of US deer have had COVID—and they infected humans at least 3 times (arstechnica.com)

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New study builds on data suggesting white-tailed deer could be a virus reservoir.

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[-] kobra@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

There's also a host of unknowns that researchers will try to address, including how exactly deer-to-human and human-to-deer transmission occurs.

I'm really curious about this, because although we have a lot of deer in the US, I don't see them sharing air with humans very often. Coming into contact with the same surfaces? Sure. But I didn't think COVID spread over surfaces very effectively.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Maybe hunters?

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