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let the dogs out - magnus - 11-08-2020
Just heard about this on the radio but apparently there have been numerous seemingly successful studies that show certain dogs can be used to detect humans infected by the coronavirus including this Finnish study that actually deployed the dogs at the airport to screen passengers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/24/close-to-100-accuracy-airport-enlists-sniffer-dogs-to-test-for-covid-19
Quote:A dog is capable of detecting the presence of the coronavirus within 10 seconds and the entire process takes less than a minute to complete, according to Anna Hielm-Björkman of the University of Helsinki, who is overseeing the trial.
Accuracy was apparently close to 100% and detection in some cases happened days before symptoms.
I believe France and Germany have already done dog related studies to varying degrees of success. A medical center in Hawaii is starting a study as well.
This sounds promising. Wonder why we haven't had more pub on this.
RE: let the dogs out - M T - 11-08-2020
(11-08-2020, 08:57 PM)magnus Wrote: Just heard about this on the radio but apparently there have been numerous seemingly successful studies that show certain dogs can be used to detect humans infected by the coronavirus including this Finnish study that actually deployed the dogs at the airport to screen passengers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/24/close-to-100-accuracy-airport-enlists-sniffer-dogs-to-test-for-covid-19
Quote:A dog is capable of detecting the presence of the coronavirus within 10 seconds and the entire process takes less than a minute to complete, according to Anna Hielm-Björkman of the University of Helsinki, who is overseeing the trial.
Accuracy was apparently close to 100% and detection in some cases happened days before symptoms.
I believe France and Germany have already done dog related studies to varying degrees of success. A medical center in Hawaii is starting a study as well.
This sounds promising. Wonder why we haven't had more pub on this.
Wait! You're not going to commandeer the dogs detecting cancer and Alzheimer's and malaria and breast cancer and diabetes and Parkinson's?
- from the same rag two years ago.
It seems that all the "we'll detect COVID by ..." have all come out at once....
RE: let the dogs out - magnus - 11-08-2020
(11-08-2020, 09:36 PM)M T Wrote: Wait! You're not going to commandeer the dogs detecting cancer and Alzheimer's and malaria and breast cancer and diabetes and Parkinson's?I actually had a different link but thought this one had more information. Not that i have any idea if the other link was any more trustworthy.
- from the same rag two years ago.
It seems that all the "we'll detect COVID by ..." have all come out at once....
Anyway, as people like to say even a broken clock is right twice a day. (Which of course, isn't necessarily true, but i digress)
RE: let the dogs out - fullmetal - 11-08-2020
I mean, if they can detect covid levels in human waste and by unique cough signature...why not dogs? The real question is what kind of viral loads are required for the dogs to pick up on an infected person.
RE: let the dogs out - 82 Card - 11-08-2020
Maybe Champ and Major can be trained to keep the White House safe.