• codemankey
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    27 days ago

    Isn’t it also an illness dogs can have? I remember a stray I adopted had to get treated for it.

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      27 days ago

      It’s not an illness. In most cases they are completely harmless and unavoidable, you get them from your mom as a baby and carry them your whole life. Most people have them. A minority of people can have some skin condition due to them, but it’s quite rare. And yes dogs carry them too, but not an issue for them either.