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COVID-19: Outbreak Of Virus In Deer Population Could Be Trouble For Humans, Scientists Say COVID-19: Outbreak Of Virus In Deer Population Could Be Trouble For Humans, Scientists Say
Covid-19: Outbreak Of Virus In Deer Population Could Be Trouble For Humans, Scientists Say For the first time, researchers are uncovering disconcerting evidence that COVID-19 is spreading amongst the deer population, which could spell trouble for humans. Researchers took nasal swabs from 360 white-tailed deer in the US between January and March 2021 when the number of COVID-19 cases was surging across the country, which found that more than 35 percent were previously infected or dealing with an active case. The latest study out of Ohio comes on the heels of research that found COVID-19 infections were prevalent in white-tailed deer in New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois, and M…

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