Researchers concluded that deer are actively transmitting the coronavirus to one another and humans are transmitting it to deer.

By REUTERS Published: NOVEMBER 8, 2021 15:41

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/white-tailed-deer-found-to-be-huge-reservoir-of-coronavirus-infection-684365

A herd of white tail deer graze on a knoll near the New York State Thruway February 9 near Buffalo, New York. The brave deer are foraging for food in broad daylight as they scrape through the ice and snow, under power lines leading from hydro plants in Niagara Falls.(photo credit: JT/MMR/VIA REUTERS)Advertisementhttps://trinitymedia.ai/player/trinity-player.php?pageURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Fhealth-and-wellness%2Fcoronavirus%2Fwhite-tailed-deer-found-to-be-huge-reservoir-of-coronavirus-infection-684365&unitId=2900003088&userId=43dabe08-2b1a-4c7c-bafe-85ac9a956566&isLegacyBrowser=false&version=20211108_b787ba076cec471db66da4f407fd2c61ec857015&useCFCDN=0&themeId=58&themeData=eyJjb2xvck1haW4iOiIjMzMzIiwibGF5b3V0IjoiY2xvc2VkLW1vZGUifQ%3D%3DNew research from the US has shown that white-tailed deer are being infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causesCOVID-19in humans. Antibodies were found in 40% of deer that were tested from January to March 2021 across Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York state. A second unpublished study has detected the virus in 80% of deer sampled in Iowa between November 2020 and January 2021.Such high levels of infection led the researchers to…