SocialWinker t1_j7hse94 wrote
Reply to comment by Gisschace in (Virology) Has SARS-CoV-2 outcompeted all the other coronaviruses which have been called the ‘common cold’? by jsgui
I could see that. I never heard anything about them actually getting "sick", just little things like the CDC site.
Gisschace t1_j7ht4cf wrote
This is a shitty site but explains it, dogs have a mutation in their ACE2 which means they have a natural resistance to it, which cats don’t. So they can catch it but the virus replicates poorly and so it doesn’t really spread to us or other dogs.
https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2020-08/the-reason-cats-get-covid-and-dogs-dont/
SocialWinker t1_j7i3irp wrote
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
xiaorobear t1_j7kjnyz wrote
There were articles about zoo animals getting Covid as well as pets in 2020, and I remember an article when a tiger died.
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