Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:25 AM

LakeArenal (26,412 posts)

Dogs to help with Covid. Dogs❣️❣️❣️

Dogs have already proven their ability to sniff out diseases ranging from cancer to malaria......
Researchers at the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Helsinki have been training dogs to be able to detect COVID-19 since early 2020. In May, the research group reported that it had successfully trained dogs to detect COVID-19 in urine samples. But progress has happened fast. Now, the dogs have been trained to detect COVID-19 from sweat on our skin and have started trial testing at the Helsinki Airport.

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https://www.fastcompany.com/90553797/theres-a-new-weapon-against-covid-19-and-its-dogs?partner=rss&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Dogs to help with Covid. Dogs❣️❣️❣️ (Original post)	LakeArenal	Sep 2020	OP
Outstanding! . . .	Iliyah	Sep 2020	#1
Ummmmm!	Polly Hennessey	Sep 2020	#2
Maybe hospital food.	LakeArenal	Sep 2020	#3
I knew this would happen. Better than testing for initial detection.	Stinky The Clown	Sep 2020	#4
Stinky were you sniffed and sent over there?	LakeArenal	Sep 2020	#5
But can't dogs themselves become infected? How would that affect their detection abilities?	Midnight Writer	Sep 2020	#6
I read cats can pass covid. I didn't hear dogs could.	LakeArenal	Sep 2020	#7

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Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:31 AM

Iliyah (25,111 posts)

1. Outstanding! . . .

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Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:33 AM

Polly Hennessey (5,617 posts)

2. Ummmmm!

My sister is an ICU nurse. Our Great Pyrenees sniffs her like crazy when she comes home. We wonder what he smells that intrigues him. My sister says death. I am not so dark about it; I say, hospital smells. Gotta love dogs.

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Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:34 AM

LakeArenal (26,412 posts)

3. Maybe hospital food.

Dog is love❣️

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Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:54 AM

Stinky The Clown (66,402 posts)

4. I knew this would happen. Better than testing for initial detection.

:sniff: :sniff: :snif: . . . . you're good.

:sniff: :sniff: :snif: . . . . you're good.

:sniff: :sniff: :snif: . . . . you're good.

:sniff: :sniff: :snif: . . . . go sit over there and wait.

:sniff: :sniff: :snif: . . . . you're good.

:sniff: :sniff: :snif: . . . . you're good.

The world is full of examples of dogs helping mankind.

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Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:55 AM

LakeArenal (26,412 posts)

5. Stinky were you sniffed and sent over there?

Because you are stinky?

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Wed Sep 23, 2020, 05:21 PM

Midnight Writer (19,341 posts)

Dogs to help with Covid. Dogs❣️❣️❣️

1. Outstanding! . . .

2. Ummmmm!

3. Maybe hospital food.

4. I knew this would happen. Better than testing for initial detection.

5. Stinky were you sniffed and sent over there?

6. But can't dogs themselves become infected? How would that affect their detection abilities?

7. I read cats can pass covid. I didn't hear dogs could.