I‘ve had Starlink for over 2 years, not had a single perceptible minute of outage including in thunderstorms. Might have been slower than usual but not enough to notice. I switched because fibre in our rural area was way less reliable.
A small German study has found[1] no transmissible viruses on cats in households with multiple COVID-19 infected people. So while maybe possible, it seems rare.
A small German study has found[1] cats are not likely a transmission vector (no transmissible viruses found on cats in households with multiple COVID-19 infected people.)