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Is it possible to get COVID from my dog or cat? Of course, the dog or cat would have to have the COVID first to passs it on. Our cats do go outside, but just to an enclosed backyard.
We often take our dog to a dog park and let her run free. She does interact with other dogs there, including nose-touching, sniffing, etc. They also have a splash pond they love to splash in, and drink from. Our dog does lick us a lot, even though we try to discourage it. She also licks our cats, one in particular is her "favorite".
Lets say dog picks up COVID from the dog park, then passes it to one of our cats. Could we possibly then be infected when the dog or cat interacts with us?
The manner of transmission was not brought up in this article, which you should read in its entirety.
In the case of Distemper, for example all the diseased animal has to do is pass thru the living area of another animal - the disease transmits thru the air.
EPM is another example. It can be transmitted to horses from grazing near opossum feces or, if the opossum leaves its manure on a bale of hay and the horse happens to eat from that section of hay bale, the horse can easily develop EPM.
A cat could get COVID-19 and that cat could possibly transmit it to you. You might possibly end up being a carrier without ever getting sick - I don’t know, that’s just speculation on my part, based on certain serious diseases horses test positive for, carry that virus their entire lives yet never get sick from it, while the disease blows up in the next horse and it’s either fatal or near-fatal.
You can always check the CDC map to see if there is an outbreak in your area.
You can also google credible .gov and .edu sources in the hopes of finding reliable information. Don’t rely on internet warrior comments unless there’s a credible link to back up their comment(s).
You DID notice the CNN article said “ALMOST definitely not.
The NY Times article said “SO FAR the short answer is no”
The My Sun Coast article is equally as ambiguous but at least they had the good sense to quote WHO — and WHO isn’t even sure because they can’t trace the animal origin COVID-19 came from.
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Nobody really knows for sure so, as I said in a previous thread —- if one is too lazy to wash your hands after taking care of business in the Walmart bathroom, better learn to do that and carry hand sanitizer with you.
You DID notice the CNN article said “ALMOST definitely not.
The NY Times article said “SO FAR the short answer is no”
The My Sun Coast article is equally as ambiguous but at least they had the good sense to quote WHO — and WHO isn’t even sure because they can’t trace the animal origin COVID-19 came from.
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Nobody really knows for sure so, as I said in a previous thread —- if one is too lazy to wash your hands after taking care of business in the Walmart bathroom, better learn to do that and carry hand sanitizer with you.
Not disagreeing, but the problem with tossing out such probabilities is that many people are rather irrational in their actions. Give them a probability of one in 500 trillion they can catch this virus from a cat, people might get in their head to go on a mass spree killing cats, dumping cats, etc.
Is it possible to get COVID from my dog or cat? Of course, the dog or cat would have to have the COVID first to passs it on. Our cats do go outside, but just to an enclosed backyard.
We often take our dog to a dog park and let her run free. She does interact with other dogs there, including nose-touching, sniffing, etc. They also have a splash pond they love to splash in, and drink from. Our dog does lick us a lot, even though we try to discourage it. She also licks our cats, one in particular is her "favorite".
Lets say dog picks up COVID from the dog park, then passes it to one of our cats. Could we possibly then be infected when the dog or cat interacts with us?
Informed answers, please!
Dogs and cats over the age of two definitely need a mask.
However, a dog or a cat and (some other mammals) CAN seem to catch it from humans, and then pass it on to other animals.
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