Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching
  • TheModerateTankie [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Glasser presented her findings to wildlife officials in Uganda, who responded encouragingly, she says, adding hand-sanitising stations at the start of trails.

    pain

    Every respiratory pathogen that has caused a chimp outbreak in Kibale was present in children living nearby. Then, during Uganda’s most stringent Covid-19 lockdown between March and September 2020, the researchers observed an “extraordinarily clear” drop in infections across the board, Goldberg says, suggesting that schools are indeed a major source of transmission.

    kiryu-pain

    Focusing on making children living near great apes healthier, then, could be the best bet for keeping human diseases out of great ape populations. Programmes have already been launched to reduce transmission among local children, teaching handwashing and other hygiene measures.

    john-agony

    • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      1. Chimps get covid too. Just like deer. The drop in infections was in 2020 so that’s long gone now, deer were infected heavily in 2021 onward

      2. You’re right, the cracker mind cannot fathom the importance of actual resources, or at least they brainwash themselves into ignoring resources so that they can chalk up their success to “the unique european spirit” instead of two continents of dead-Native resource banks, which results in them always defaulting to clown shit like “teaching handwashing”, instead of “providing water” (the lack of which is the actual culprit for why most poor people don’t wash their hands, and also requires actual resources and infrastructure instead of a feel-good vacation story for your college resume)