I saw a link to this article on my Facebook feed today. I’m not going to link to it because it was alarmist. Cats have parasites!!!!! We’re all going to die!!!!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/05/199041322/harmful-parasites-in-cat-poop-are-widespread
The first comment started like this:
As a veterinarian I would like to add to this conversation.
After that there were some comments about what he said followed by this:
What in the world does being a vegetarian have to do with your post? What, an omnivore can’t have knowledge of proper hand washing? Of the life cycle of the parasite? Well as a half black, half Italian, omnivore I thank you for your post. And also as an IT professional, I know living with a disease factory, capable of contracting the bug in question is probably not the smartest thing for anyone to do. And as a motorcycle rider, I would like to say that the fact that there is no difference between infection rates only goes to show that cats are a general public health risk.
This was followed by explanations of veterinarian vs. vegetarian.
