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Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET
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Poor doggy. In the very early days they detected CV in pet cats and dogs in HK. They were linked to owners who had severe cases of CV. I asked my vet about the risks. He said animals carry corona viruses all the time (not sure if it is the same strains), but there is no evidence that it can jump from dogs or cats to humans. In some countries people have been euthanising their pets due to fear of them passing on CV. Grrrrr. Becareful who you tell. When I told my dad this he started spraying the dog with Glen 20...WTF!
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Originally Posted by HIPO
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I wonder how this differs from other forms of disease. If CV is the cause of early death then yeh it makes sense to include the numbers.
In the UK they took an even more extreme (flawed) approach. If you tested positive for CV, you go into a database. They compare the database daily with another database that records people who have passed away. If you appear on both database within a 3 week period, then you are considered to have died from CV. This means, if you tested positive for CV today, then got hit by a bus in 3 weeks time, you still counted as a CV death. They only recently recognised the flaw, and have started a recount. Not sure what sort of difference in numbers it made.