Sunday, November 22, 2020

IN the NEWS - Careful with that "here kitty kitty"

 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 Tim.3:1

 "Two recently published studies from Kansas State University researchers and collaborators have led to two important findings related to the COVID-19 pandemic: Domestic cats can be
asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2...“Other research has shown that COVID-19-infected human patients are transmitting SARS-CoV-2 to cats; this includes domestic cats and even large cats, such as lions and tigers,” said Jürgen A. Richt, the Regents distinguished professor at Kansas State University.
Our findings are important because of the close association between humans and companion animals.”
There are about 95 million house cats in the U.S. and about 60 million to 100 million feral cats, Richt said.
They found that domestic cats may not have obvious clinical signs of
SARS-CoV-2, but they still shed the virus through their nasal, oral and rectal cavities and can spread it efficiently to other cats within two days. 
The close association between humans and animals including companion animals, livestock and wildlife species, raises concerns regarding the potential risks of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19 patients to animals (“reverse zoonosis”), and the potential role infected animals could play in perpetuating the spread of the disease."
SciTechDaily