Gorillas Get Covid

[jdb in AZ]

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireS...ource_4380645_6_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed
I hadn't thought about how the gorillas were tested, but I'm glad the zookeepers didn't try to stick a swab up the gorillas' noses. All kidding aside, I hope the animals don't get seriously ill.

 

[georgina]

My computer is refusing to load any linked articles today (including the one I just linked below), but I do recall hearing about concerns for gorillas in the wild a while ago. They don't have access to medical treatment!

https://www.afar.com/magazine/gorilla-trekking-in-volcanoes-national-park-rwanda-during-covid-19

 

[tarheelmjfan]

My computer is refusing to load any linked articles today (including the one I just linked below), but I do recall hearing about concerns for gorillas in the wild a while ago. They don't have access to medical treatment!

https://www.afar.com/magazine/gorilla-trekking-in-volcanoes-national-park-rwanda-during-covid-19

The only way I've been able to get links to load on here for several days is to click on the link. It will load in a separate window.

 

[JimMIA]

That settles it -- I'm avoiding gorillas until Covid is completely a thing of the past.

 

[Kitty 34]

I'm not going to be the one to tell the gorillas to mask up!

 

[Dan Murphy]

The links will work, just no 'preview' in the posts

 

[jdb in AZ]

If you can't get the link to load, it says that 8 gorillas at the San Diego Zoo were coughing and their poop has tested positive for Covid. They probably got the virus from asymptomatic zookeepers who tested positive.

 

[JimMIA]

... their poop has tested positive for Covid.

Somebody at that zoo certainly has a "glamor job!"

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Regarding the weird link issues (you are not alone!): Odd Result when posting a Link

 

[godisney14]

These gorillas aren’t the first animal species to get infected with this virus. It’s already been documented in minks, tigers, lions, puma, dogs, cats, and probably others.

The concern is that there is no idea what kind of mutation that the virus can and will undergo in any one species. Will it make it other host species more or less susceptible? (Usually more). Finding out which species that the virus is more prone to infecting and which species allow for an easier jump will be key to understanding the risks of a mutated variant if, sometime in the future, the virus from another species makes the jump back into humans.