They are.
I’m seeing articles that you can’t catch CV from a pet. Reading further, they say there is no evidence. But a lack of evidence is nothing.
Show me evidence that you can’t catch it. Who’s exposed themselves to an infected pet? What’s changed about the virus being shed by the pet that prevents human transmission.
So many Coronavirus deniers. My workplace is saying it’s a very mild flu. They think anyone who raises a concern is “panicking”. They are panicked about people being concerned.
Your workplace managers are frightened at the economic implications; the are whistling past the graveyard. For most it might just be a mild event, but sufferers are highly contagious and can get more susceptible to severe illness folks very sick.
China had been shooting and killing stray cats and dogs and were telling folks their pets needed to be killed in Wuhan before they put the clamps on the out going reports. A British sufferer in Wuhan said his pet kitten sickened and died while he was going thru the worst of his illness at home.