had to dig in the article for the means of transmission between dogs and humans, and could only find it from an article linked inside there that mentions “The disease can spread to humans through canine reproductive fluids, but they can be treated with a long, strong course of antibiotics.”
The article here also mentions “two people caught it this year from dogs”
…oh. oh dearreading further, after the knee-jerk:
- “Of the two cases so far this year, one was in a person who tested positive after being admitted to hospital and the other was an asymptomatic staff member of a veterinary practice.”
- “Only one named individual has previously tested positive – Wendy Hayes, of Stoke, who caught it from a pregnant foster dog she took in from Belarus last year.”
half of my loss of faith in humanity from this is restored
This is what leaving the EU does to a country.
Think the next time you’re voting.
What does any of this do with the UK leaving the EU?
It’s a joke mate
Woosh!
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A lot, it seems
I agree that brexit is awful and was a terrible idea, but i have no idea how not being in the eu affects this
So will this be their next excuse to just kill all the dogs in the country? Rather than piecemeal banning one breed at a time?
I’ll bite - what’s the
conspiracy“observation” at play here? Importantly, who is behind this and why?Don’t tell me it’s big pussy.
Why is this down voted?
It’s literally happened before. Recently australia killed all animals at shelters due to covid. China killed all pets in cities during covid. There are other examples before covid.
It’s an unpleasantly plausible scenario. And I’ve apparently stepped on a lot of British toes.
Nah, it’s because the comment went from 1 to 100 really fast.
This disease isn’t known to be airborne.
This disease isn’t known to be untreatable. (Antibiotics FTW.)
This disease isn’t known to cause death.
This disease hasn’t lead to countless animals suffering in facilities underequipped to handle them. (Many people bought puppies to “help with loneliness” during covid, only to abandon them later, after they were all grown up.)
This disease hasn’t shut down multiple cities or countries.
This disease doesn’t threaten the food chain.
This disease hasn’t lead governments to mandate the general public to wear PPE.
This disease hasn’t helped overwhelm hospitals.
Could you please explain why you think this will be the same as what happened in those places during covid? The scenarios are very different in multiple ways.
Who said anything about COVID?
Oh I saw this movie. Children of Men
Yes but Brucella canis just is a flu to human.
I know now why I’m a cat person
I saw this movie. The Plague Dogs. Great movie that I definitely will only watch once.
By the author of Watership Down. That ending…