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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a message concerning the CV19 from the Seeing Eye Veterinarian. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tina Thomas-CAGDU-President/NFBCA <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> The Seeing Eye <gradservices@seeingeye.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 7, 2020 4:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Christina Thomas <tina.thomas90044@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> A message from Dr. Holle about Coronavirus COVID-19<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#CBCFB4;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=151 style='width:113.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><span style='color:black'><img width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. 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Donate"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td colspan=2 style='background:#ADC33C;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear Graduate of The Seeing Eye,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Hello, everyone. It’s Dr. Holle. I wanted to reach out to all of you because I heard that some of you are concerned about the possibility of your dog acting as a fomite (an object that can carry infection like a door handle or a railing) and putting you at risk for COVID19. I thought I might put that concern into perspective for you, and I reached out and asked an expert in the field of infectious disease to help me with that.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>J. Scott Weese, DVM DVSc DipACVIM,<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></strong>is a veterinary internist and microbiologist, and a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He is a Professor at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, and a Zoonotic Disease/Public Health Microbiologist at the University of Guelph’s Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses. He is also Chief of Infection Control at the Ontario Veterinary College Teaching Hospital and holds a Canada Research Chair in zoonotic diseases. Dr. Weese has authored or co-authored over 200 papers in peer reviewed journals, edited two books, and speaks extensively on infectious disease topics. (From <a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=SNItDJCT0-4vuyFTjSq0TA" target="_blank">lakeridgehealth.on.ca</a>)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dr. Weese said that “The key thing to remember is that if a dog is contaminated, it got it from a person that it was <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>in close contact</span></strong> with, so most likely that would be you, or someone in your family. If people with guide dogs just do their best to keep people from touching their dogs, that’s all I’d do. The risk of random aerosol deposition on the dog during walking is <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>basically zero.” </span></strong> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I mentioned that people were asking about washing their dog’s feet when they came in from a walk and Dr. Weese pointed out that we don’t wash our shoes, and yet we all touch them multiple times a day.<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></strong></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dr. Weese went on to reinforce the basic concept of social distancing, and hand hygiene, “not incessantly but routinely”. The risk for dogs being allowed to roam neighborhoods with their owners having no idea where they have been, or who might have touched them, is a very different story than the guide dog who is with his or her partner 24/7. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Also, you might have heard of lions and tigers at the Bronx Zoo testing positive. This did not come as a surprise to Dr. Weese. He had anticipated that cats (large and small) might be able to be infected with this virus. These cats were infected by an asymptomatic human who, as their caretaker, was in close contact with them. So, here again, the cats weren’t the threat to the human, the human brought disease to the cats. It has been recommended that in any home where there is a known COVID19 positive human, the animals in the household should be kept separate from that person as should the rest of the household. This is because certain species of pets may be susceptible to the virus. There is much that we do not yet know on this front, but to date there is no evidence that pets can transmit the virus to humans.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Wash your hands after a massage or grooming session with your dog, and remember that that’s always a good practice anyway. But, by all means, feel free to hug and pet your dogs. We all need affection during this time of social isolation. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>My thoughts and prayers are with you, your families, and of course your dogs as always.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Virtual hugs to you all,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dr. Holle</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0104in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D60CFC.A2D04B60" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:#31241B;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=applelinksgreen><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'><a href="http://support.seeingeye.org/site/R?i=f_e9WGxtqbB9KrhYSNWWpw">contact</a></span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:white'>The Seeing Eye<br>P.O. 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