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To: Sir Napsalot

Many animals manifest symptoms in other parts of the body than humans. Coronaviruses primarily cause respiratory illness in humans, but that doesn’t automatically mean it will be a respiratory illness in other animals.

FIP, the well-known coronavirus that infects cats is primarily an intestinal disease that can get into the lungs. I wouldn’t be surprised if Covid-19 affects cats similarly.

Similarly, influenza in birds is primarily an intestinal disease passed through feces. Yet influenza is almost always a respiratory disease in humans.


26 posted on 03/28/2020 10:25:49 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: exDemMom
I am sorry, what you said makes testing said cat for corona virus in Belgium case even dumber.

The corona virus causing FIP was previously known, existed for years in wild and domestic cats. And more importantly it didn't cause the current Covid-19 in human.

So the owner tested positive for Covid-19, her cat exhibited FIP symptoms, and the vet tested and found corona virus in cat feces, so what? It still does not prove anything to be worthy of a 'news story'.

30 posted on 03/28/2020 12:25:04 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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