You thought wrong. remember the blog I did THREE WEEKS AGO telling you that their numbers were flawed? I explained everything in detail and even left a link directly to the complete official projection/report.

https://steemit.com/hive-164671/@arseniclullaby/garbage-ingarbage-out-the-report-from-the-imerial-college-that-has-resulted-in-everything-shutting-down
as far as who to "look to" there were plenty of experts saying the opposite, no one choose to listen to them, because they were paniced...

speaking of that, your cat should not be out at all! This is more dangerous than rabies, it spread easier and we have treatments for rabies. If you cat is a carrier anything it touches is dangerous for one to two weeks.

You'd best hope no one sees you letting the cat out