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> animal reservoirs Are there? It might have come from another species, but humans might not interact with it all that often. Other animals can clearly get it,
by dehrmann 5y ago
> animal reservoirs
Are there? It might have come from another species, but humans might not interact with it all that often. Other animals can clearly get it, but do we know the R0 for covid in, say, cats?
- smnrchrds 5y agoAt the very least minks. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/200-mink-die-at-fraser-valley-farm-with-covid-19-outbreak-1.5839404 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/200-mink-die... But probably much more. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00531-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00531-z > Studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 can infect many domesticated and captive creatures, from cats and dogs, to pumas, gorillas and snow leopards in zoos, and farmed mink. Outbreaks in mink farms have already shown that infected animals can pass the virus back to humans.