There were two interesting stories over Corona in the past 24 hours.
First, ARD did a short piece over these dogs that the German Army had. The question was.....could you train a sniffer dog to sniff out Corona.
Well....the answer is....yes. They are using Labs, Spaniels, and German Shepherds. 100-percent detection? NO. Right now, the general success rate is 94-percent.
More development? It has the interest of folks, and it'll probably turn into a long-term project.
Second, the German Health Ministers concluded their meeting. Standard Corona testing is strongly recommended if you fly back from a 'hot-country', or you go and do a 14-day quarantine at your home.
ARD (public TV, Channel One) did a good Q and A over the discussion.
Cost factor? 'Free'....meaning your health insurance has to cover it. Impacting the general cost of health insurance? I would imagine in a year....they will bump the monthly cost up.
Within this concept, you'd test at the airport....then leave. Results would be passed to you when completed a day or two later.
2 comments:
Remarkable. Even at 94% that's probably not too far away from the test accuracy.
Has to be a lot more investigation and testing done, but this dog scent business has a lot of potential. Imagine having some beagle at the entry of a school to test-smell every kid entering. Same for the entry door of churches or theaters.
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