Coronavirus

I heard dogs ok but Cats can get the corona why I have no clue
At 7:00 pm tonite sirens went off all across Suffolk county to show support for our health care workers. I stood outside and hafta say it was moving. Mixed in were fireworks and people hitting their horns .....
Weird I didnt hear a thing
 
Can't argue with that, but it takes major cajones to get a sinus swab from a tiger!!! :eek: :eek::eek:

Hope the tiger was put under anesthesia...

You never responded to the first question: how does the virus potentially get transmitted from a human to a cat (animal)
 
The big cats were all suffering from a dry cough...only the tiger was tested because they do have to be put under.

I would guess that since these things can jump from non human mammals to us it should also work in reverse.
 
You never responded to the first question: how does the virus potentially get transmitted from a human to a cat (animal)

It was self-answered. The sick animals had an infected handler so it is likely that he/she transmitted it to the cats through aerosol transmission. To fully confirm this there would need to be a pretty complete viral analysis of both the cats' and handler's strains, but I'm thinking that's pretty low on the epidemiologist "Things To Do List". The animals could have a different infection that's not exactly COVID-19, but a different corona virus, but not different enough to cross react with the current COVID-19 test.

Regardless, this news must be very disconcerting for sick people who have cats or healthy people with sick cats. IMO IF there was transmission from humans to domestic cats and/or dogs, we'd know about it by now unless infections in domestic pets are asymptomatic so an owner wouldn't know if their pet was sick.
 
When this is all over you’ll hear the stories

I would be there are 100s of thousands that think they may have it
Who think their pets may have it
But are sitting tight and tending to the symptoms hoping to not get sick enough to go to a doctor or hospital

when the dust settles your going to find out a lot of things, that are going to scare you
 
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