In a report posted on the American Veterinary Medical Association newsletter, a pet pug was infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.  The family owning the dog comprised a pediatrician at Duke University, her husband and son all of whom tested positive for the virus. Pets in the home comprised the pug, a cat and a lizard.

It is evident that the pet was infected by a member of the family. The diagnosis represents the first in a domestic dog in the U.S. but two cases in pet cats were recently diagnosed in New York.

The son of the pediatrician noted, "the dog licks all of our dinner plates and sleeps in my mom's bed and we are the ones that put our faces into his face so it makes sense that he got coronavirus".   The son has a future as an epidemiologist specializing in zoonosis.  The underlying question is what the heck are they teaching nowadays in pediatrics and zoonoses at Duke University School of Medicine?