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1. This is worrisome.

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 10:19 AM

Aug 2021

Could new mutations come from wildlife turning the virus into an even more dangerous variant?

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Wild deer have coronavirus antibodies (aka we are really fucked.) [View all] Botany Aug 2021 OP

This is worrisome. madaboutharry Aug 2021 #1

It sounds like that is the implication. N/T tavernier Aug 2021 #2

Deer hunting will drop quite a bit. roamer65 Aug 2021 #3

Doubtful. Let me know when there's a documented deer-to-human transmission. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #6

A fair point, but potential transmission from ... Whiskeytide Aug 2021 #18

Yes, lots of unknowns here. Botany Aug 2021 #9

Fuck. And I had a lunch date with a family of deer this week. BannonsLiver Aug 2021 #22

They can usually at least pitch in a few bucks n/t Bongo Prophet Aug 2021 #26

Kindly reread my post. I address this hlthe2b Aug 2021 #14

I was responding to this portion NickB79 Aug 2021 #16

this may not be as bad as you think lapfog_1 Aug 2021 #5

To think hunters thought they were safe. Throck Aug 2021 #7

An Epidemiologist WHITT Aug 2021 #8

Bambi's Revenge. nt Buns_of_Fire Aug 2021 #11

Darn. Next time I hike, I won't be talking to the deer I see. Hoyt Aug 2021 #17

I saw some this morning while out with my dogs, as I usually do. Treefrog Aug 2021 #20

Hiking? Do you have a death wish?! BannonsLiver Aug 2021 #23

Lol BannonsLiver Aug 2021 #21

Yet another pandemic complication to deal with, and in the end Hortensis Aug 2021 #25