
The dog didn’t do it: SARS-CoV-2 transmission NOT from dog to human
As a journal associate editor and reviewer, I’ve seen lots of papers about SARS-CoV-2 in animals. Some have been great, ground breaking papers. Many have been weak, small studies rushed out to be first, with inadequate depth and critical assessment. Some have been a complete disaster. The latter two groups are a concern beyond just being bad science. Shortcuts can lead to bad conclusions is things aren’t studied properly.
A recent study (Hoppe et …