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    The coronavirus has made itself at home in animals. Why that ramps up the risk for people

    by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Jun 10, 2023 6 minutes
    A white-tailed deer wanders across a road on the edge of town in Iron Mountain, Mich. in 2007.

    The COVID-19 pandemic is receding fast into our collective memory. But the virus that caused it lives on in our sewers, our backyards, and maybe even curled up in a sunny spot on the living room floor.

    The coronavirus that prompted more than 750 million infections in humans and nearly 7 million deaths has also spread to creatures great and small. Lions and tigers have caught it. So have pet dogs and cats. Scientists have even found SARS-CoV-2 in armadillos, anteaters, otters and manatees, among others.

    At least 32 animal species in 39 countries have had confirmed coronavirus infections. For the most part, the animals do not become very ill. Still, some are capable of transmitting the virus to other members of their species, just like the asymptomatic humans who became "silent spreaders."

    The coronavirus' ability to infect so many different animals, and to spread within some of those populations, is worrying news: It means there's virtually no chance the

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