Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests, finds review study (medicalxpress.com)

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Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19 tests such as RT-PCR.

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[-] RockyBockySocky@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Less exploiting dogs for profit overall please.

It's not like current covid tests are super slow and inaccurate, exploiting dogs for it should not be allowed.

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