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Researcher finds 'stunning' rate of COVID among deer. Here's what it means for humans

Two white-tailed deer forage in Pennsylvania's Wyomissing Parklands. At the end of 2021, researchers swabbed the noses of 93 dead deer from across the state. Nearly 20% tested positive for the coronavirus. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)
Two white-tailed deer forage in Pennsylvania's Wyomissing Parklands. At the end of 2021, researchers swabbed the noses of 93 dead deer from across the state. Nearly 20% tested positive for the coronavirus. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

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