COVID in deer

platoonDaddy · Dec 29, 2021

The 37% antibody prevalence observed in the Texas study is comparable to the 40% rate reported in deer in other states including Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York.

https://fishgame.com/2021/12/covid-19-verfied-in-tx-whitetails/

Ammo Jon · Dec 29, 2021

The biggest issue is making them wear masks.

welder516 · Dec 29, 2021

They never listen to science ...

pre64hunter · Dec 29, 2021

Covid is an animal born disease that jump species. Common in bats. I read something about bats can handle the sickness because their temperature gets to 106 degrees or something like that and it kills the germ inside them. I'm not sure of any of this though, I might be spreading misinformation like the rest of the "experts".

teratos · Dec 29, 2021

If you come upon a deer and must be in close proximity, make sure the deer has a vax card. If the deer doesn't, shoot it. Don't lick the nostrils....

gwchem · Dec 29, 2021

I'm pretty sure that I gave Covid to a few deer. Last weekend of rifle season I was coughing like crazy in the stand while a spike and doe grazed underneath me for half an hour.

Ammo Jon · Dec 29, 2021

gwchem said:
I'm pretty sure that I gave Covid to a few deer. Last weekend of rifle season I was coughing like crazy in the stand while a spike and doe grazed underneath me for half an hour.

Hopefully you stopped the spread by taking them out.

kstone803 · Dec 29, 2021

teratos said:
If you come upon a deer and must be in close proximity, make sure the deer has a vax card. If the deer doesn't, shoot it. Don't lick the nostrils....

But that's the best part to eat fresh!

JohnC · Dec 29, 2021

I imagine that many mammals will have SARS CoV2. But the transmission capability from those animals to humans will be nil. Influenza exists in almost all mammals and birds and is regularly screened. There’s a massive influenza screening campaign for migratory waterfowl in the Chesapeake. The idea is to see if any pandemic potential viruses are cropping up in those birds, ie H5 and H7 subtypes.

Bats around the world pretty much have all the nasties - coronaviruses, influenzas, filoviruses (Ebola).

gwchem · Dec 29, 2021

Ammo Jon said:
Hopefully you stopped the spread by taking them out.

I was waiting to infect their big brother.

The ventilator (my .308) did nothing to help any of the deer I touched this year. I must be a shitty ICU doctor.

lazarus · Dec 29, 2021

JohnC said:
I imagine that many mammals will have SARS CoV2. But the transmission capability from those animals to humans will be nil. Influenza exists in almost all mammals and birds and is regularly screened. There’s a massive influenza screening campaign for migratory waterfowl in the Chesapeake. The idea is to see if any pandemic potential viruses are cropping up in those birds, ie H5 and H7 subtypes.

Bats around the world pretty much have all the nasties - coronaviruses, influenzas, filoviruses (Ebola).

Except if it is jumping unmutated, it should be easy to jump back. There are several other virus that easily jump back and forth (you mentioned Ebola. That’s one of them).

The bigger concern is animal reservoirs means it likely can’t ever be completely eliminated.

Melnic · Dec 29, 2021

gwchem said:
I'm pretty sure that I gave Covid to a few deer. Last weekend of rifle season I was coughing like crazy in the stand while a spike and doe grazed underneath me for half an hour.

did they have the covid app on their iphones?

outrider58 · Dec 29, 2021

JohnC said:
Bats around the world pretty much have all the nasties - coronaviruses, influenzas, filoviruses (Ebola).

You forgot the Creeping Crud...

Batt816 · Dec 29, 2021

teratos said:
If you come upon a deer and must be in close proximity, make sure the deer has a vax card. If the deer doesn't, shoot it. Don't lick the nostrils....

That’s funny, but out of curiosity, once the deer is dead can he still transmit the virus? Me and deer tend to socially distance until I kill that sum bitch.

teratos · Dec 29, 2021

Batt816 said:
That’s funny, but out of curiosity, once the deer is dead can he still transmit the virus? Me and deer tend to socially distance until I kill that sum bitch.

I would think a dead deer would not spread it well. Don’t spend a lot of time indoors, unmasked with lots of live deer. I think that’s sound advice.

Batt816 · Dec 29, 2021

teratos said:
I would think a dead deer would not spread it well. Don’t spend a lot of time indoors, unmasked with lots of live deer. I think that’s sound advice.

I’ll stop having deer over for gatherings at home, and continue to murder them in the woods, to stop the spread! :lol2:

outrider58 · Dec 29, 2021

Batt816 said:
That’s funny, but out of curiosity, once the deer is dead can he still transmit the virus? Me and deer tend to socially distance until I kill that sum bitch.

Just resist the urge to suck its brains out through its nose and you should be fine.

Ammo Jon · Dec 29, 2021

Fauci is looking for ways to spread it.

teratos · Dec 29, 2021

Batt816 said:
I’ll stop having deer over for gatherings at home, and continue to murder them in the woods, to stop the spread!

Not all heroes wear capes!

Tungsten · Dec 29, 2021

Ammo Jon said:
The biggest issue is making them wear masks.

The biggest issue is stump training them.

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