The latest social panic: canine respiratory illness.
Concerns over new illness outbreaks may have driven dog owners to project these fears onto their pets.. By the fall, media outlets were abuzz with alarming reports on the spread of a potentially fatal respiratory ailment that was dubbed “Canine Mystery Illness.” Once the story started to circulate, dog owners began closely watching their pets for any signs of the condition.
The problem was—many of the symptoms were common and vague, such as lethargy, coughing, nasal and eye discharge, dehydration, fever, and rapid breathing. As dogs can’t speak, it was up to their owners to subjectively assess their pet’s health. On any given warm summer’s day, it would not be unusual to see a healthy dog panting rapidly or having discharge around their eyes or nose.
Reports of the mysterious illness soon spread to other countries, such as the U.K. The events in southeastern England were typical. A report appeared in the, noting that several dogs in the area had been unwell or were acting strangely, and there was concern that the mystery illness was affecting them.
This case is reminiscent of episodes of mass sociogenic illness by proxy, where the tensions and fears of dog owners were projected onto their pets. Proxy cases have been known to involve parents who begin projecting their anxieties onto their children. For instance, in 1988, a group of parents from an elementary school near Atlanta held a gathering where they began to make observations on the visible health of their children, suggesting that they may be unwell.
As the dogs in the canine respiratory scare were oblivious to the kerfuffle surrounding their health, this case is perhaps best described aspet owners. While the Covid pandemic may have passed, this event is still fresh in peoples’ minds, and many have become hyper-sensitive to news reports about the appearance of new viruses, weary of another pandemic.
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