Susanna Reid was left horrified on Good Morning Britain today as she discussed claims that the government had considered asking people to kill their cats to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Lord Bethell, who was head of NHS Test and Trace under Boris Johnson, said the concern about pets showed how little was known about the disease in 2020. A nationwide cull of all pet cats was considered at the start of the pandemic.
Speaking to Channel 4 News, the hereditary peer said: "What we shouldn't forget is how little we understood about this disease. There was a moment we were very unclear about whether domestic pets could transmit the disease.
