Deer in US have COVID antibodies
 

This can't be good:

Nature: Wild U.S. deer found with coronavirus antibodies

If I recall, last year they found cats who had gotten COVID and they recovered. Maybe a dog, also, can't remember.

Not to worry. Deer do social distancing with humans.
Methinks some look to hard for problems!:icon_wink:

Deer in US have COVID antibodies?????

Maybe they were smarter than some people and got the vaccine:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Right.....

If only it were that simple......

I am NOT looking for a problem, jeez. I am looking for information. I guess 1/2 million dead Americans strike me as a problem I pay attention to.

But what about our dear deer?:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

The problem is, there is to much information, and a large chunk of it feeds the trolls, confuses, or is unnecessary
Nothing to do with half a million dead in US.

Are they crossing the border in large numbers though?

I agree with what you say, the problem is who decides how much is too much, and who decides what is important? I threw this out as a data point, nothing more. I wanted to see what people thought were.

I actually respect several people that post here regularly. They bring up very valid alternative interpretations of things. That expands my awareness.

BTW, on the same idea, Lake Tahoe has been closed due to Plague being found in rodents. Should we ignore that also?

No worries the CDC reports they have "herd immunity".

OMG!

You won, that is by far the BEST post I have ever read on TOTV!

:bigbow:

Not ignore it but understand it and put it in perspective. Some areas of South Lake Tahoe have been closed because some chipmunks tested positive; the areas are expected to be open by Friday. I did not see where anyone had contracted the plague due to this though I did see mention of someone contracting it last year. As it turns out, there are typically between one and four cases of the plague every year.

Not all of Lake Tahoe is closed, it isn't expected to be closed for long, and it isn't due to infected humans.

So temporary closures due to plague in chipmunks in Lake Tahoe is something to be aware of if you are planning to be in the area but it isn't a life changing event and isn't even a concern for the vast majority of us.

I read about a camper getting the plague in the past year or so. It was a woman and I can't remember the location but I'm pretty sure it was in California so maybe it was in Lake Tahoe. They had cautioned people not feed the squirrels or chipmunks because they were carriers. Luckily, there's an antidote for the Plague and the woman recovered. By the way, I think they call it hantavirus and it's carried by rodents of all kinds mostly in wilderness areas.