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View submission: Are there any plagues in domesticated animals that came from human-borne diseases?
Currently, great ape populations are being affected by nature tourists bringing in colds and other upper respiratory infections while on tours. While while we have evolved immunity to a lot of rhinoviruses and some coronaviruses for thousands of years of living in towns and cities of thousands of people, wild great apes haven't done so and a human cold has more severe consequences for them.
Right now, most tours will ask you to wear a mask for this exact purpose. Not because you'll catch something, but because you can transmit it to them.
There's nothing here!