Conavirus......

The South African doctor who discovered omicron says neither she nor her colleagues have hospitalized a single patient with it. Could this be to delta what cowpox was to smallpox - a milder disease that confers immunity against its virulent relative? If so we should be happy it is spreading around the globe.

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Originally Posted by Yppej

The South African doctor who discovered omicron says neither she nor her colleagues have hospitalized a single patient with it. Could this be to delta what cowpox was to smallpox - a milder disease that confers immunity against its virulent relative? If so we should be happy it is spreading around the globe.

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I caught a glimpse of certain media’s attempt to minimize this latest Covid iteration.

I take that with a bigger grain of salt than the screaming headlines that greeted us the day after Thanksgiving about the latest horror of Covid known as Omniwhatever.

Both points of view are overstated, and we all will get through it.

It's pretty early to speculate. Today Moderna was saying they could have a vaccine in a hundred days. We may become human pin cushions. Between that, the anti viral pills that are being developed, and monoclonal anti-bodies I doubt that we will go back to ground zero. Third world countries may fair differently.

Public radio had a feature today on the white-tailed deer in Iowa. Something like 80% of them test positive for Covid, but don't seem to show symptoms. That's sort of crazy.

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Originally Posted by Rogar

It's pretty early to speculate. Today Moderna was saying they could have a vaccine in a hundred days. We may become human pin cushions. Between that, the anti viral pills that are being developed, and monoclonal anti-bodies I doubt that we will go back to ground zero. Third world countries may fair differently.

Public radio had a feature today on the white-tailed deer in Iowa. Something like 80% of them test positive for Covid, but don't seem to show symptoms. That's sort of crazy.

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No doubt than the deer frolicking around my yard that I can see any moment have Covid as well.


I know that dogs get coronavirus is but I don’t know any study that says it’s COVID-19.

To be more specific, the deer are infected with Covid-19.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...lobal-pandemic

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_he...deer-study.pdf

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Originally Posted by Rogar

It's pretty early to speculate. Today Moderna was saying they could have a vaccine in a hundred days. We may become human pin cushions. Between that, the anti viral pills that are being developed, and monoclonal anti-bodies I doubt that we will go back to ground zero. Third world countries may fair differently.

Public radio had a feature today on the white-tailed deer in Iowa. Something like 80% of them test positive for Covid, but don't seem to show symptoms. That's sort of crazy.

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That is odd. Maybe deer have.a better immune system than humans? Maybe deer have some enyzme or protein that stops them from coming down with symptoms? Rob

Lyme disease is transmitted to humans via deer ticks. I could see new covid variants from deer transmitting to humans in a similar manner.

Covid-19 is here to stay. We need to accept that and get on with our lives instead of thinking if we force people to quarantine and isolate we can control it.

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Originally Posted by Yppej

Lyme disease is transmitted to humans via deer ticks. I could see new covid variants from deer transmitting to humans in a similar manner.

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How common is it for respiratory viral infections to be transmitted via subcutaneous blood contamination?

Probably a Ph.D. there...

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Originally Posted by bae

How common is it for respiratory viral infections to be transmitted via subcutaneous blood contamination?

Probably a Ph.D. there...

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More common than to think that in pretty much every state in the country (as studies in various locations have all found covid in deer) humans are running around kissing deer or singing Christmas carols with them or otherwise swapping air in close spaces. If the deer got it from us, we can get a new variant from them. Remember covid in China reached humans via bats.

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Originally Posted by Yppej

More common than to think that in pretty much every state in the country (as studies in various locations have all found covid in deer) humans are running around kissing deer or singing Christmas carols with them or otherwise swapping air in close spaces. If the deer got it from us, we can get a new variant from them. Remember covid in China reached humans via bats.

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So your theory is that the deer got it via bloodborne transmission from humans? Fascinating.

Definitely Ph.D. material there. Who knows what people do in the backwoods, after all...