A few days ago, RESEARCHERS researchers found antibodies related to the new crown virus in the serum sample of the white-tailed deer in the northeast of the United States, and one serum sample was taken in 2019. This shows that as early as 2019, there were already white-tailed deer infected with the new crown virus in the United States. This undoubtedly provides strong evidence for the traceability of the new crown virus.
According to a report in the journal Nature titled "Coronavirus Epidemics in Common American Deer," USDA researchers tested 624 white-tailed deer serum samples collected in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and other states between 2011 and March 2021. Of the 385 samples in 2021, 40% detected COVID-19 antibodies; 3 cases were detected in 2020; and 1 case was also detected in 2019.
Joel Duff
Naturalist
If there is a large-scale infection of the new crown virus in the white-tailed deer throughout the United States, this is not an exaggeration.
White-tailed deer may pass
People, animals, and sewage are infected with COVID-19
How did the white-tailed deer get infected with the coronavirus? There are about 30 million white-tailed deer in the United States, which are widely distributed and have a habitat not far from human activity areas. The journal Nature quoted Canadian virologist Benaghi as saying that white-tailed deer may be infected with COVID-19 through humans, other animals or contaminated water sources.
Betsy Dawson
Epidemiologist
It's not unusual for covid-19 to pass from people to animals, from animals to people, and from humans to other animals. Because coronaviruses can infect all mammals.
White-tailed deer are infected with the new coronavirus
DeBough is suspicious
It is worth noting that the scope of this sampling belongs to the northeastern region of the United States, and the Maryland state where the Fort Detrick laboratory is located is also in this area.
In 2019, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found two "spill accidents" in Deborough, after which the laboratory was closed due to wastewater treatment problems. Then think about the flu season that year, the incidence of abnormal in related areas.
Where the new coronavirus infected by the white-tailed deer population comes from is increasingly uncertain.
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Source: CCTV4