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A comment on Scent dog identification of samples from Covid-19 patients – a pilot study. Parent comment

Re:Scent dog identification of samples from Covid-19 patient... by hlfy_hn on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:04PM (#23971219)
AFAIK most dogs can't get Corona (for now). Dogs that have tested positive for corona are rare. There is no report from Dog to human infection.
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Re:Scent dog identification of samples from Covid-19 patient... by topkai22 on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:48PM (#23971487)
Rare, but this method is asking them to smell saliva samples all day. That’s a level of exposure very few dogs would have.
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