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  • Study finds a high percentage of white-tailed deer infected with COVID

    Nov 29, 2021 11:30 am by The Center Square (Chicago)Illinois in the News
    Lee Anderson, center, helps Domenic Salvucci, left, get the buck Salvucci shot into the butcher shop for processing in this 2005 file poto. AP Photo/Keith Srakocic

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    • Lee Anderson, center, helps Domenic Salvucci, left, get the buck Salvucci shot into the butcher shop for processing in this 2005 file poto. AP Photo/Keith Srakocic

    The Center Square (Nov. 22) U of I epidemiologisgt Rebecca Lee Smith,  says the high percentage of infected deer is a caution flag for hunters, because deer fluids can splash on a person who is field dressing a deer or handling carcasses.