A new study shows white-tailed deer can contract SARS-CoV-2 from humans, as well as from each other, and may act as a reservoir for the virus.
. “Deer aren’t following public health guidelines,” she said. “If they encounter urine or feces from another deer they might investigate it … their normal behavior is to interact with these fluids.”
Luckily, there is currently no evidence to suggest that humans can contract COVID-19 from a deer, but if the virus continues to thrive among deer populations, the fear is that we eventually could. “If deer can transmit the virus to humans, it’s a game changer,” Tony Goldberg, a veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison told
. “To have a wildlife species become a reservoir after transmission from humans is very rare and unlucky, as if we needed more bad luck.”that, given how the pandemic has disrupted all our lives, of course this news is worrying. But, he adds, “at the same, there’s nothing to suggest deer hunters or other Pennsylvanians are at risk of contracting COVID from exposure to deer. By taking ordinary precautions when hunting and handling deer, hunters help to reduce any disease risk.
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