I don't have an issue with diseases leaping between species. However, I find this story odd because, while diseases do leap between species, it is usually in a specific direction. For example, bats can spread diseases to humans if people catch them and eat them, get bitten by them, or perhaps through contact with their excrement. People do not spread diseases to bats in any of these ways for obvious reasons. The way people often spread diseases to wild animals (though not exclusively in this way) is by spreading it to their livestock and then the livestock spreads it to the wild populations. So my question is, how did these deer get into close enough contact with people to catch this disease. My experience with deer is that they keep their distance from people, but maybe there are areas where people feed them. Still, isn't this normally discouraged.

In addition, another noteworthy thing about this story is that it is being run by the MSM meaning there is a narrative within it they wish to promote. This video has the statement 'Concerns grow' in the title meaning they want the viewer to be concerned. Perhaps it is just another way to try to scare people. Even if what they say is true (lost of deer have COVID), it is definitely not the issue they are trying to make it out to me, not for people or deer.