Will Cats And Dogs Need COVID Vaccines?
Will your pet cat or dog here in the Utica, Rome, and Syracuse areas need a COVID vaccine?
According to researchers at the University of East Anglia, University of Minnesota and the Earlham Institute, cats and dogs may also need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to help stunt the spread of the infectious disease
“It is not unthinkable that vaccination of some domesticated animal species might … be necessary to curb the spread of the infection,” the experts wrote in the peer-reviewed medical journal, the UK’s Independent reported.
According to the
New York Post, there are currently no known cases in which a human contracted COVID-19 from a furry friend. Professor Cock van Oosterhou of UEA in Norwich says that it makes sense to give the vaccine to pets as a precaution: