Do Deer Catch Covid?

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Diseases can transfer from host to host when there are sufficient mutations that allow it to be transmissible and infect another host species. If you look at the history of human diseases, about 50 % of them have some sort of animal origin. So it's not that surprising that like we are dealing with something hat spilled over from an animal species to humans. Now, from smologites to other little critters, a couple more questions of you.

You’re six to ten times LESS likely to catch COVID-19 if you’re vaccinated, and thus less likely to infect others. Great! But what about breakthrough cases? Who’s at risk for them? How many folks haven’t gotten vaccinated? Should pregnant people get the ol’ jab, what might happen with transmission rates in 2022, yearly booster questions, the ethics of vaccine distribution, myocarditis, Long COVID, quarantine fatigue and essentially whether the holidays are a good idea.

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