Pennsylvania Deer Are Testing Positive for Coronavirus

[impact]

Here's one for JoePa....

"In a recent federal study, nearly half, or 44 percent, of Pennsylvania deer tested positive for coronavirus, writes Justin Heinze for patch.com.
Researchers are puzzled how the deer showed up with the coronavirus antibodies. The deer came from central and southeastern Pennsylvania.
The risk of deer spreading it to humans is low, according to the USDA.

None of the 142 deer in the study were ill from the virus. The study was conducted between January 2020 and March 2021.
“At present, there’s no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 is having any detrimental effect on deer. And for humans, our infinitely greater problem is spread from other humans,” said Daniel Bausch, a zoonotic diseases expert.
Deer hunters are urged by the CDC to wear gloves when handling the animals and to thoroughly cook the meat.
It’s unclear how the virus made it into the deer population."

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/23354...=oldSite&ss=a7

[MikePal]

Deer hunters are urged by the CDC to wear gloves when handling the animals and to thoroughly cook the meat.

Since it's an airborne pathogen,
unless you eat it's nose/throat/lungs..raw...the chance of cross contamination is basically nill..

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[Ata83]

Pandemic of unvaxxed deers ... who and why did they start testing deers for Covid ? lol

ICUs gonna fill up with Deers now ? oh god ...

[JoePa]

I don't know what is going on - it seems all kind of diseases are around - I'm still worrying about CWD in the deer - so far none has been found in deer around my place but is pretty common in other parts of Pa. - if a deer was found to have CWD in the area where I hunt I think I would stop hunting them until someone can tell me definitely that I won't get sick from eating the meat - CWD is related to mad cow disease and you know what that does to you

[WillieBeno]

I read that an avocado tested positive.

[smitty55]

I read that an avocado tested positive.

According to Kary Mullis the inventor of the pcr test if you increase the cycle rate high enough you can find just about anything, doesn't tell you if you're actually sick though.

[WillieBeno]

According to Kary Mullis the inventor of the pcr test if you increase the cycle rate high enough you can find just about anything, doesn't tell you if you're actually sick though.

How sick can you really be if you need to be told your sick? How can they test for a virus that hasn't been isolated? How do you make a vaccine for a virus that hasn't been isolated? If it is isolated where is the proof?

[MikePal]

How sick can you really be if you need to be told your sick?

Way back in March 2020, I used to say that. When they first started the 'testing' and people were standing in line for 2-4 hrs. None of them were sick. Just send them home once they made it to the front of the line.

Made me start questioning the whole 'emergency' aspect.