Posted on 04/28/2020 1:55:18 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending people follow the same social distancing guidelines with their pets as they would human family members after a small number of animals, including dogs and cats, were reportedly infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.
CDC guidelines recommend people restrict their pets from interacting with other animals when outside their house and urge people to keep cats indoors when possible and to walk dogs on a leash while maintaining at least six feet from other people and animals.
The CDC also calls for people to avoid dog parks or public places where a large number of people and dogs gather.
If a person is sick with COVID-19, the CDC recommends avoiding contact with pets and other animals if possible. If a person must care for a pet while sick, the CDC recommends wearing a cloth face covering and washing hands before interacting with them.
The CDC said most of the small number of animals reported to be COVID-19 positive were infected after having contact with a person with the virus, but the risk of having animals spread COVID-19 to people “is considered to be low.”
“In the United States, there is no evidence that animals are playing a significant role in the spread of COVID-19,” the CDC said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
"...avoid dog parks or public places where a large number of people and dogs gather." - Yeah, right.
Is there ANYTHING the CDC and Government don't know?
Tomorrow Debbie Birx will be announcing CDC guidelines on how to keep your cats six feet apart.
Oh does this mean dogs can’t go to WalMart, Publix, etc anymore?
You could cut Barbie Doll bras in half and make teeny tiny face masks for kittens.
So, wise one....... show us your CV with experience in the medical and disease field beyond running your wiseass mouth
Since you are here mouthing off and not on the task force we can say with certainty that you are nothing but a disgruntled blowhard
That’s President Birx to you peasants! Trump has deferred all decisions to her.
These a**holes are doing everything in their power to make life miserable. In no time at all they’ll be requiring plastic bubbles so everybody can become “bubble boys”.
Don’t most cats usually have zero respect for anyone’s personal space?
Cats are far more susceptible to new coronavirus than dogs are, but people shouldn’t be ‘fearful’ of their pets:
A Chinese study published Wednesday in the journal Science reported that tests of the new coronavirus on domesticated cats, dogs, pigs, chickens, ducks and ferrets found that both cats and ferrets are highly susceptible to the virus. Cats can become infected through airborne transmission. Dogs, however, have a very low susceptibility to the virus.
Susceptibility means that a virus is able to enter a cell.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-cats-susceptible-coronavirus-dogs-people.html
The fact that you chose to use the term CV and not resume indicates that you are actually.....European? I suspected many Feapers were not what they appeared to be.
I don’t need to have a Doctorate in epidemiology to know there’s no way in hell you can socially distance a bunch of cats.
However, I think this is a good development. It will turn the CDC into the total laughingstock it deserves to be and people will just start ignoring them.
Mine keep their distance as it is - which makes for some amusing moments when one cat tries to walk past another one in our hallway!
What next? attach a transmitter to Bowser so he can be tracked and if he gets near another dog the Flying Fascists send a drone after him?
Ha-Ha!
Getting a tad touchy this afternoon, maybe?
Actual thinkers recommend “intellectual distancing” between citizens and the media/CDC/WHO complex.
If dogs have to start wearing masks, won’t that interfere with their butt sniffing ritual?
It will surely cause an explosion of doggie suicides. After all, why be a dog if you can’t sniff each other.
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