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global1

(25,256 posts) Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:28 PM Mar 2020

I Heard Today That China Is Testing Pets (Dogs) For The Coronavirus.....

and here we are in the U.S. and these tests are being rationed and very few people are getting tested.

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I Heard Today That China Is Testing Pets (Dogs) For The Coronavirus..... (Original Post) global1 Mar 2020 OP

Nodding my head. GemDigger Mar 2020 #1

Yeah, there has been virus found in a dog. LaurenOlimina Mar 2020 #2

I Realize That - But What Galls Me Is That We People In The U.S. Can't Get Tested.... global1 Mar 2020 #3

There has always been a canine coronavirus. Jane Austin Mar 2020 #4

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

1. Nodding my head.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:40 PM

Mar 2020

https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-first-case-human-to-dog-transmission.html

LaurenOlimina

(1,165 posts)

2. Yeah, there has been virus found in a dog.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:42 PM

Mar 2020

global1

(25,256 posts)

3. I Realize That - But What Galls Me Is That We People In The U.S. Can't Get Tested....

Reply to LaurenOlimina (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:48 PM

Mar 2020

and pets are being tested in China.

And I just heard some doctor on TV say that the only people that need to stay home from work and quarantine themselves are those that come in contact with people that have the virus.

How do you know if people have the virus - if we can't test them?

Jane Austin

(9,199 posts)

4. There has always been a canine coronavirus.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 08:34 PM

Mar 2020

You give it with the puppy shots.

You can opt in or out of getting the vaccine. I never gave that one, because the vets always told me it's very mild.

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