U.S. deer are catching COVID-19. What that means for our fight against the virus

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ByLeslie YoungGlobal NewsPosted November 22, 2021 12:43 pm

There's bad news for Saskatchewan hunters - the white-tailed deer population is in sharp decline.
Scientists are finding increasing evidence that some deer are susceptible to the virus that causes COVID-19.File / Global News

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Many white-tailed deer in the northern U.S. have caughtCOVID-19, some new studies suggest, with potential implications for the pandemic fight.

And while the same hasn’t yet been found in Canadian deer, scientists say that finding the virus in wild animals could spell the end for any hopes of completely eliminating COVID-19 in humans.

“Any disease that gets into multiple species, we can’t eradicate,” said Scott Weese, a veterinary infectious disease specialist with the Ontario Veterinary College and director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses.

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