You won’t know any such thing because the dog has not been tested. They’re just going to kill it.
The OWNER was exposed. They have no idea whatsoever about the dog.
Got it? I suspect not. This is what you wanted and you’re going to plaster the web with stupid fear mongering.
I’d zot your silly *** if it were up to me. Unfortunately, it’s not.
Oh, I’m sure at some point they will test the dog. And yes, I should have included that caveat that “if the dog has the virus.”
Oh, I’m sure at some point they will test the dog. And yes, I should have included that caveats “if the dog has the virus” and “if someone takes the dog in.”
I know that you love your dogs, and don’t think its serious. But even if the dog cannot be infected and spread the virus to humans, he was in contact with the infected nurse. It can be on his fur, face, tongue, paws, etc. and hitchhike to other surfaces, hands, and faces.
If there is any possibility that the dog could transmit the virus then it should be put down, sorry to say. The dog is innocent, yes it is a shame. But careless would be letting it live to infect another dozen victims. It’s basically the same carelessness as “no we are not going to ban flights carrying people who have been in a country suffering an ebola epidemic”.
Also, we know that there is no history of a dog being infected. But they can certainly pass it on by carrying it around on their bodies. Ebola has never been this bad, it’s in at least 3 or 4 continents right now. It doesn’t get better from here. It’s starting to get worse. I personally would rather have the dog put down, then risk it passing it around. This is not the time to put a dogs life above a humans, in fact the rest of the globe. Each victim there is increases the chance of the virus mutating to something even worse and more virulent. Around a 50% fatality rate now. What if it jumped to 75%, and became airborne?
In Reston the strain was airborne. But did not transfer to humans. If it becomes airborne then God help us all. Worrying about a dog when at least half of humanity is at stake is way more dangerous than advocating for the death of said dog.