Your kitty could get infected with Covid-19

[Regiomontanus]

"But scientists say it’s unclear whether felines can spread the virus to people so pet-owners need not panic yet."

Coronavirus can infect cats — dogs not so much

 

[Windwalker]

But is it advisable to not pet another owner's dog or cat right now because the virus could live on their fur, if the owner is a carrier? I had to look this up after without thinking about it, I was petting my neighbor's dog the other night. Probably not so much so, according to this article, but still..... better not to I think. That's hard to do when dogs come up to you wanting attention.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/03/18/coronavirus-dogs-pets/

 

[Rational Agnostic]

"But scientists say it’s unclear whether felines can spread the virus to people so pet-owners need not panic yet."

Coronavirus can infect cats — dogs not so much

Amazing how people don't read their own links.

From your article:

"The results are based on lab experiments in which a small number of animals were deliberately infected with high doses of the virus, SARS-CoV-2, and do not represent real-life interactions between people and their pets, says virologist Linda Saif at The Ohio State University in Columbus."

 

[stvdv]

But is it advisable to not pet another owner's dog or cat right now because the virus could live on their fur, if the owner is a carrier? I had to look this up after without thinking about it, I was petting my neighbor's dog the other night. Probably not so much so, according to this article, but still..... better not to I think. That's hard to do when dogs come up to you wanting attention.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/03/18/coronavirus-dogs-pets/

The cat of my neighbor must have heard of Prime Minister talking about social distancing. Afterwards the cat keeps like 1 meter now. And he does not let me touch her anymore. Great how some animals act intuitively in the right way. They have amazing instincts, and listen to it.

 

[exchemist]

"But scientists say it’s unclear whether felines can spread the virus to people so pet-owners need not panic yet."

Coronavirus can infect cats — dogs not so much

And the virologist's name is Linda Saif, I notice.

Her colleague, working on pangolins and bats next door, is Pierre D'Angerous.

 

[Regiomontanus]

Amazing how people don't read their own links.

From your article:

"The results are based on lab experiments in which a small number of animals were deliberately infected with high doses of the virus, SARS-CoV-2, and do not represent real-life interactions between people and their pets, says virologist Linda Saif at The Ohio State University in Columbus."

I had already read the whole article, but thanks.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

But is it advisable to not pet another owner's dog or cat right now because the virus could live on their fur, if the owner is a carrier? I had to look this up after without thinking about it, I was petting my neighbor's dog the other night. Probably not so much so, according to this article, but still..... better not to I think. That's hard to do when dogs come up to you wanting attention.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/03/18/coronavirus-dogs-pets/

 

[columbus]

Luckily, we only have dogs.

I'd prefer cats, but I've got three dogs. Doug and his mom are dog people. I just do as I'm told
and vent on RF.
Tom

 

[Windwalker]

Tell me. I'm a dog lover.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Tell me. I'm a dog lover.

Since we've been ordered home, I've been making friends with the neighborhood stray cats and dogs. Overwhelmingly cats. I'd prefer dogs, but I also love cats.