Two Cats Are First U.S. Pets to Test Positive for Coronavirus
The animals appear to have mild symptoms and likely caught the virus from their owners. And there’s no evidence pets can pass it to humans.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Why are they so sure that Covid-19 cats can't spread the virus to humans? I'd like to see what percentage people with positive tests have cats.
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"there’s no evidence pets can pass it to humans." doesn't mean they are "so sure".
@FearlessFly Exactly. There's no evidence that if felines can contract the virus from humans that they can't spread it to humans.
@barjoe "Testing positive does not mean the cats have the same illness that people have. Nor does it mean that the cats can pass on the illness to people. And tests for pets are not the same as those for people."
The article doesn't SAY it can't, it just says there is no evidence.
In order say it CAN, there would need to be evidence of that. Do you have/know of some ?
@FearlessFly It's possible right? I guess catlovers would downvote me on reddit. I'm not a researcher. I don't gather evidence. We know cats have contacted it from humans. It is possible that they can spread it to humans. I don't need to have any evidence to explore this possibility. It's possible.
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