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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. So far, very few people have even read and understood  my post to understand my concern.

Only a few people understood my concern was NOT for MY contact with the vet, or the dog carrying covid on its body externally to then bring it home, like on a package.

I was concerned specifically about human to animal transmission which HAS been documented, and animal to human transmission, which so far has not been, but is suspected in one case of minks on the minkfarm.

Almost no one so far has actually responded to the missing  information (quantitative) and mostly responded to their personal interpretation of my risk concern (qualitative and subjective).

The fact is there are many unknowns.

I am NOT WORRIED about getting covid from a person at the vets office.

But, responders stopped reading a long time ago.

PP with the high risk child- thank you for understanding.

Poster who says they know a lot of people who die, if you are a healthcare worked like you say, then thank you for your service to others. But until you have lost one of your own, and I have many times to different things, you dont get to tell other people that their priorities are off.
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PP here on Covid unit. I have lost much of my own family to various diseases, except for an aunt in another state, and distant relatives in other countries. I also never said anything about your priorities; in fact, I said you were making the right decision by taking the dog in. 
You seem very defensive. People are trying to help you. [/quote]

OP here. Im sorry for all your losses. I was trying to get actual usable information, not opinions on whether or not my have a concern is an "anxiety issue". Your post was confusing because you didnt provide the context at the start for your comment. "Life has to go on" is a statement used routinely by covid deniers, and I would think you would be sensitive to that reality and those words, since you live that reality every day.

You might have said "As a healthcare professional working in a covid ward, I would recommend a 14 day quarantine for your high risk family member in any situation where you have reason to believe a person has been exposed to a covid positive person. Not being sure you were or not, thats your best option".

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[b]I don't know any Covid deniers, and I don't know how they talk/ what they say. I don't have time for them. I said what I said because it's true- your life, and your dog's life and medical needs, continues. I also didn't say you had/ have an anxiety issue.[/b][/quote]

OP here, thanks. I think you were being brief, and leaving out entirely that you are a healthcare worker made "life goes on" pretty easy to misconstrue. However, quarantining the at risk person makes not so much sense when one considers the original question: can a dog give it to human? Not that long ago, we didnt even think a dog could get it at all. At this point, we dont know what we dont know. What makes the most sense really is to quarantine the dog. Quarantining only one person in a multi person household means everyone else is exposed, could be asymptomatic carriers, and then give it to the highest risk person down the line.

I might remind everyone who is so eager to point to anxiety and mental illness, this is exactly the talk of Covid deniers. This was the attitude given about the notion of young people who are healthy being asymptomatic carriers, which is now pretty much a known fact.

When it comes to animals, the least is known. Every single scenario I asked about is exactly what people in public health ask too. Just a few months ago, we were being told only sick old people get this. Now here we are. Nothing was "documented" at one time, and now it is. There is no reason to think we dont discover unpleasant facts about animal to human transmission.

Its already been documented from mink to human.[/quote]

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