I've just shaken off a cold; I'd been sneezing for a couple days, then, yesterday afternoon and today, I just did nothing but sleep, and I'm feeling better now.
The thing is, though, that all viruses that have transitioned to humans come from herd, flock, or at least tribal animals, rather than solitary animals like cats.
Much of the problem is that keeping animals in herds or flocks facilitates disease transmission.
Of course there are also bugs that infect animals in the wild and are still transmissible to humans, like Ebola, or a variety of SIV that's mutated enough to jump the species barrier....
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Date: 2011-03-15 04:47 pm (UTC)Parasites, on the other hand. . .
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Date: 2011-03-15 06:21 pm (UTC)Of course there are also bugs that infect animals in the wild and are still transmissible to humans, like Ebola, or a variety of SIV that's mutated enough to jump the species barrier....