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IOWA STUDY: 82.5% OF DEER TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

By Rob Olson
Published November 4, 2021 6:26PM
Updated 8:12PM
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COVID-19 FOUND IN IOWAN DEER AS MINNESOTA HUNTING SEASON OPENS

Firearm deer hunting season opens tomorrow in Minnesota, while a recent study
says COVID-19 have been found in deer in the nearby state of Iowa.

(FOX 9) - When researchers in Iowa first began testing deer for COVID-19 in
April of 2020, they didn’t find any signs of the virus for months. That changed
in the fall when the first positives popped up in September and October.

Then in a seven-week period from just before Thanksgiving until January
10, 82.5% of the deer tested positive, signs that it was spreading rapidly among
white-tailed deer.




The research by Penn State and the Iowa DNR is still in peer review, but they
write it’s the first to show evidence of widespread dissemination of COVID-19 in
wildlife and that it shows that deer have the potential to be a "major reservoir
host" for the virus.



The threat for deer hunters is minimal. There is no evidence, yet, that COVID-19
can transmit from deer to humans. Also if deer meat is properly prepared and
cooked, there’s no risk consuming venison.



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and questions are the scientific what ifs -- the potential that COVID survives
in the wild and continues to mutate. If so, new strains, potentially more
resistant to vaccines, could develop that could find a way to jump back to
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