Study Finds Living With a Dog Increases Risk of Contracting COVID-19

So bleach your bloodhound, clean your chihuahua, and disinfect your doberman.:)

https://scitechdaily.com/are-dogs-s...a-dog-increases-risk-of-contracting-covid-19/
In addition, of all the socio-demographic variables analyzed, the one with the most powerful effect in terms of increasing the risk of contracting the disease (by up to 78%) was living with a dog and taking it for a walk. By contrast, having cats or other types of pets had no significant effect on the prevalence of the disease.
 
Living with a pet decreases stress levels, so it is still a good thing. Humane societies ran out of pets in the lockdown.
 
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