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Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2020, 11:15 PM Apr 2020

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The Daily Social Distancing Show: Could Dogs Help Test for Coronavirus?

Dogs are being trained to see if they can detect coronavirus, students in San Francisco could get automatic straight A’s, and David Attenborough is teaching geography.

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The Daily Social Distancing Show: Could Dogs Help Test for Coronavirus? (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Apr 2020 OP

Cool. If I get it, no doubt my dog will notice intrepidity Apr 2020 #1

Well, dogs have been used to detect cancer and service dogs can warn if a seizure is imminent Rhiannon12866 Apr 2020 #2

intrepidity

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1. Cool. If I get it, no doubt my dog will notice

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 11:24 PM

Apr 2020

He's one of those good smellers.

Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)

2. Well, dogs have been used to detect cancer and service dogs can warn if a seizure is imminent

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 11:29 PM

Apr 2020

So this does make sense, though it's obviously early days.

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