Inattention to animal cases is ‘stupefying,’ says veterinary pathologist who is credited with identifying West Nile, because so many emerging diseases originate with animals. CDC says its findings about COVID pets that died will be made public.
More than one month after Buddy, the first dog in the United States to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans) was euthanized, information about that case and similar cases continues to be confusing and sparse. Testing for animals in the United States has been extremely limited, and the messaging about our dogs and cats from public health officials includes repeated caveats about “limited available information.” Yet those same officials are discouraging or all-together blocking that information from being gathered.