A COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic joke is that a cat got Covid-19, or that a cat gave Covid-19 to its owner. The punchline: “Don’t ask meow.” (“Don’t ask me how.”)
     
“Me: ‘How on earth does a cat catch COVID-19?’ Vet: ‘Don’t ask meow’” was posted on Twitter by Eric Morecambe on July 27, 2020. “Apparently a cat has caught covid-19. Don’t ask meow” was posted on Twitter by steveyp (and others) on July 30, 2020.
   
“My mate from work just rang me, hes caught covid from his CAT! Don’t ask meow” was posted on Twitter by Ben on January 16, 2021. “Lad from work has just texted me and told me he’s caught Covid from his cat. Don’t ask meow” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on January 18, 2021. “Colleague from work has just texted saying he’s caught Covid from his cat. Don’t ask meow” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on January 18, 2021.
 
 
Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.
     
Twitter
Eric Morecambe
@PeterBoyes10
Replying to @SkyNews
Me: “How on earth does a cat catch COVID-19?”
Vet: “Don’t ask meow”
8:25 AM · Jul 27, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Cliff
@cliff_timber
Replying to @LBCNews and @LBC
I contracted Caronavirus from a cat.
Don’t ask meow.
9:17 AM · Jul 27, 2020·Twitter Web App
   
Twitter
steveyp
@5teveyp
Apparently a cat has caught covid-19.
Don’t ask meow.
12:07 PM · Jul 30, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Abdus Sammad
@asammad_
Apparently a cat has caught covid 19
Don’t ask meow
4:57 PM · Jul 30, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
TippGirl
@Tippgirl79
Apparently a cat has caught COVID 19
Don’t ask meow
#COVID19 #coronavirus #Coronavirusireland
5:57 PM · Jul 30, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Jokes UK
@jokesuk
A cat has caught Covid 19…
Don’t ask meow!
6:40 AM · Aug 1, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/insideout97 August 5, 2020
Apparently a cat has caught COVID-19.
Don’t ask meow though.
   
Facebook
Tyrone Craic & Banter
August 9, 2020 at 6:18 AM ·
A cat has caught COVID 19…
Don’t ask meow!😂
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/glowcoma August 14, 2020
Apparently my cat has caught COVID-19
Don’t ask meow
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Biggerfanthanstan December 30, 2020
Apparently a cat has caught Covid
Don’t ask meow…
     
Twitter   
Ben
@IHMU4EVA
My mate from work just rang me, hes caught covid from his CAT! Don’t ask meow
2:36 PM · Jan 16, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Adam Brooks
@EssexPR
A mate from work just text me, he’s caught Covid from his cat!
Don’t ask meow…
3:17 PM · Jan 17, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/amanko13 January 18, 2021
Lad from work has just texted me and told me he’s caught Covid from his cat.
Don’t ask meow.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Banana_Cat_Man January 18, 2021
Colleague from work has just texted saying he’s caught Covid from his cat.
Don’t ask meow
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/cheifsup January 18, 2021
One of my colleagues has just told me he’s caught COVID-19 from his cat…
Don’t ask meow.