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Dog disease that can jump to humans is spreading in Britain (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[-] WhyIDie@kbin.social 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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 dear

[-] WhyIDie@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

reading 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

[-] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is reproductive liquid what I think it is? You know what, I want to live my life without knowing this.

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

So really the only people at risk from this are breeders. Good. Fuck dog breeders.

[-] TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com 21 points 1 year ago

This is what leaving the EU does to a country.

Think the next time you’re voting.

[-] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

I agree that brexit is awful and was a terrible idea, but i have no idea how not being in the eu affects this

[-] MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

What does any of this do with the UK leaving the EU?

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Sir, this is the internet. Any time the UK is mentioned, Brexit MUST be brought up. And 100% of bad things that happen in the UK are due to Brexit.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly, the scorching heat we had this summer? Believe or not it's brexit

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It's a joke mate

[-] shockwave@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Woosh!

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

EVERYTHING!

[-] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

A lot, it seems

[-] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 12 points 1 year ago

Oh I saw this movie. Children of Men

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes but Brucella canis just is a flu to human.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 5 points 1 year ago

[-] Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I saw this movie. The Plague Dogs. Great movie that I definitely will only watch once.

By the author of Watership Down. That ending...

[-] avater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know now why I'm a cat person

[+] CaptObvious@literature.cafe -26 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quite a bizarre conspiracy theory to have considering they aren't even recommending killing the dogs, they say antibiotics solve the issue.

They're advocating having more thorough checks at the border, and improving testing as it currently results in 50% of cases being false positives.

This disease is already widespread in some other parts of the world, there haven't been widespread dog massacres there.

And for that breed that is to be banned, tbh, that seems wise. The UK had an average of 3 lethal dog attacks per year in 2001-2021.

That breed is a new import. In 2022 we had 10 lethal dog attacks, 9 of which were Bully XLs. In 2023, 100% of deaths so far (6 IIRC) have been from Bully XLs. Almost as if large, strong dogs specifically bred for aggressive tendencies and have the ability to overpower an adult male, with jaws that can break bones, will be aggressive and dangerous. Crazy I know.

[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] grayman@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Because it's stupid. The infection isn't dangerous to humans, it's anywhere from symptomless to cold-like symptoms. It's not super contagious to humans, and even if it were it's not dangerous.

And the disease exists elsewhere in the world without causing big issues. It's not a new disease, just new to the UK.

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 0 points 1 year ago

It’s an unpleasantly plausible scenario. And I’ve apparently stepped on a lot of British toes.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's an extremely unplausible scenario as it's nothing like Covid and more like a flu except it basically can't spread between humans.

And now you're trying to play off criticism of your take as some kind of nationalist defensiveness lol

[-] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe -1 points 1 year ago

Who said anything about COVID?

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Literally the comment you replied to and agreed with lmao

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