Under the principle of cui bono we should suspect our canine companions of spreading coronavirus. The whole family is home all the time and formerly house-imprisoned dogs are getting walked six times a day.
A Spanish friend says that in her country the benefits are flowing in the other direction as well. A tail of coronaplague canine commerce: “It is illegal to go outside unless you have a dog, so people are renting their dogs for 100 euro.”
Meanwhile last year 72k people died from drug overdoses, and 36k died from traffic accidents. Yet life went on. But now a pathogen with a 1-3% mortality rate on patients aged 80+ has frozen our society. And there’s a “worst case” scenario of 18 months quarantine? Cui bono indeed.
Revenge of the boomers.
They prefer dogs to their own children.