There have been a spate of recent stories in the media about non-human animals (humans are part of the Animal Kingdom) testing positive for COVID.
Three deer in Quebec's Estrie region have been found to carry the virus that causes COVID-19, the federal government announced.
globalnews.ca
The story above, specifically considers Wild Deer.
Now.......COVID remains a respiratory transmission disease.........
In humans, we generally advise not to be within 2M of an infected individual (or those for whom you lack knowledge of any kind)..........
In my experience (and I checked w/some others), the general consensus was that a Wild Deer would never let a human get remotely that close...........typically a Wild Deer's tolerance for someone quiet and kind is about 8M.
A distance, in the outdoors in which COVID transmission would border on the impossible.
As such, I don't suppose someone might have credible reasons we're testiing Wild Deer for COVID, or why the media would broadcast the news as if to warn people.
Even if you hunt; you don't shoot the Deer from point-blank range...........FFS...........
Just sayin..........
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On a similar note; apparently Hippos in a Belgian Zoo tested positive for COVID:
Two hippos at a zoo in Antwerp, Belgium, have tested positive for Covid-19, in what is believed to be the first such infection reported in the species.
www.cnn.com
Newsflash......as a normal person.........if you ever get anywhere close to 2M from a Hippo.............you have far bigger problems than COVID.......the Hippo is likely to kill you. They're a bit ornery!
Hippos kill about 500 people each year; I'm entirely confident that's far more humans than they are going to give COVID to.......
