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Dogs like to roll and play in filth. They shouldn't be around where people are eating.
by mhb 8y ago
Dogs like to roll and play in filth. They shouldn't be around where people are eating.
- clairity 8y agoso do children. keeping dogs away from human eating areas reduces your chances of disease by a negligible amount. you would be much better off requiring everyone to wash their hands and/or disinfect their phones upon entering.
- decebalus1 8y ago> keeping dogs away from human eating areas reduces your chances of disease by a negligible amount. Citation needed
- clairity 8y agozoonotic transmission (transmission between species) is not seen as serious enough by the CDC to even track it. but for comparative purposes, there are 1-2 deaths from rabies per year in the US (and infection is as likely from rodents as anything). so the burden of proof is on the dog cynics. in any case, the primary transmission concerns are poop and mucus membrane contact. so again, the main thing you need to do is wash your hands with soap (and don't play with poop or make out with the dog).