Can I get COVID-19 from my pet?

There's still a lot we don't know about transmission of SARS-CoV-2, but the most important point to reiterate: There is a lack of evidence the coronavirus is spread by pets and companion animals to humans.   "There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that companion animals play any role in the epidemiology of this disease," said Trevor Drew, director of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory. Drew and his colleagues at the AAHL are testing vaccines in ferrets in pre-clinical trials to assess safety and efficacy of new treatments. Ferrets are used in the trial because they are particularly susceptible to infection by the coronavirus. However, even ferret owners are unlikely to get the disease from their furry friends according to Drew.  He notes that the researchers at the AAHL are not seeing "overt clinical disease" in their ferrets, but "they do seem to have a slight temperature and they do replicate the virus." It may be that SARS-CoV-2 c