Covid sniffer dogs set to be unleashed all over Bangkok - these "Labs" are 94% correct!

[webfact]

Picture: Manager

 

Specially trained dogs are set to begin work in Bangkok sniffing out Covid-19.

 

The six Labrador Retrievers have been trained by the vet department at Chulalongkorn University.

 

Dr Kawalee Chatdarong said they are accurate to 94.8% and can sniff out asymptomatic individuals.

 

They won't actually be going up to potentially infected people though. They have been trained to sniff samples of sweat on cotton wool contained in canisters. 

 

If there's the smell of Covid the dogs sit down. 

 

Manager reported that the plan is the brainchild of Social Development and Human Security minister Chuti Krairiksh with help from volunteers and the vets at Chula. 

 

The plan is to train 100 handlers so that the dogs can be used in 50 districts in the Thai capital. 

 

Their target will be bedridden people who can't get out to have a test. 

 

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[tlandtday]

So the guy that posted about body odor gets a free pass?

[fondue zoo]

Always wear fresh boxers, you don't want to get tagged for jungle crotch.

[fondue zoo]

All dogs are part of the Soi Dog Early Work Release Programme

[worgeordie]

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

The six Labrador Retrievers

"The plan is to train 100 handlers so that the dogs can be used in 50 districts in the Thai capital"

The poor dogs are going to be knackered .......

regards worgeordie

[bobbin]

Good news..

 

These dogs are mostly accurate and much faster than PCR tests..

[Susco]

6 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

The poor dogs are going to be knackered .......

 

Don't think so, because they gonna rest a lot.

 

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

If there's the smell of Covid the dogs sit down. 

 

[tlandtday]

1 minute ago, Susco said:

 

Don't think so, because they gonna rest a lot.

 

 

Why not put the sniffers outside the 711 like the soi dogs hanging around?  Nab em before they can get them snacks.

[ezzra]

Only in Thailand folks, Covid sniffing dogs while no one else in the world thought about it.. Go Thailand...

[tlandtday]

Just now, ezzra said:

Only in Thailand folks, Covid sniffing dogs while no one else in the world thought about it.. Go Thailand...

The only thing missing would be to send in the drones immediately after for an alcohol bath that is if they are not too busy dropping molasses to clear the air. 

[RichardColeman]

12 minutes ago, bobbin said:

Good news..

 

These dogs are mostly accurate and much faster than PCR tests..

The bad news - they could cost you 40,000 baht

[AlfHuy]

Wanna have a sniff?

[AlfHuy]

Manager reported that the plan is the brainchild of Social Development and Human Security minister Chuti Krairiksh with help from volunteers and the vets at Chula. 

[SiamRead]

Hope the dog don't transmit the Covid-19 to the handler.

[Brunolem]

Unfortunately the smart BMWs that can smell an overstaying foreigner from a mile away, cannot smell the virus...maybe time to buy Teslas, who know a thing or two about viruses, since they are full of them...

 

In the meantime they have no other solution than using the Prime Minister's labradors, who were originally trained to sniff truffles, but can also deal with viruses.

 

The good part is that the friendly dogs don't need to go all the way up into our nose to detect the damn bug, since they can do it by sniffing directly our crotch, which is far more convenient...

Edited May 18, 2021 by Brunolem

[Justgrazing]

37 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

The six Labrador Retrievers have been trained by the vet department at Chulalongkorn University

 

40 minutes ago, webfact said:

If there's the smell of Covid the dogs sit down

 

Especially if they are called James .. 

If you are partially sighted and have a lab' guide dog then you cannot go skydiving as it scares the cr*p out of them ..  

[AlfHuy]

I see it already coming:

 

Police officer pulling a fresh box of dog food to bribe the dog.

Please doggy, give me credit for the finding of those naughty covid ppl.

[petedk]

22 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Only in Thailand folks, Covid sniffing dogs while no one else in the world thought about it.. Go Thailand...

 

Actually I have read reports from other countries that dogs can detect Covid-19 but there is some way to go before they can be used as sniffer dogs.

 

https://www.livescience.com/dogs-sniff-out-coronavirus.html

[petedk]

13 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Manager reported that the plan is the brainchild of Social Development and Human Security minister Chuti Krairiksh with help from volunteers and the vets at Chula. 

 

No it isn't. There are lots of articles on the internet about this.

 

 

[holy cow cm]

Boy, can you imagine if the Thonglor fuzz are allowed to bring their own dogs on to the street.

[sanuk711]

The last thing you would want to do is buy a Labrador dog............

 

......have you seen how many of the owners go blind...

[varun]

34 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Only in Thailand folks, Covid sniffing dogs while no one else in the world thought about it.. Go Thailand...

 

Wrong, Vantaa airport in Helsinki has had COVID sniffing dogs for some time.

 

https://unric.org/en/finland-first-in-europe-to-use-dogs-to-detect-covid-19/

 

Makes sense to have them in people hotspots such airports.

[Nickelbeer]

This almost sounds like a joke. I have never heard of disease-sniffing dogs.

[Thomas J]

[Freeduhdum]

This is insanity!

[kotsak]

12 minutes ago, Thomas J said:

 

[covidiot]

just when you thought things couldn't get more ridiculous

[statman78]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Only in Thailand folks, Covid sniffing dogs while no one else in the world thought about it.. Go Thailand...

It is also going on in other places.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/01/dogs-trained-sniff-out-covid-19/617846/

with a quick search you can find other articles

Edited May 18, 2021 by statman78

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

 

 

Especially if they are called James .. 

If you are partially sighted and have a lab' guide dog then you cannot go skydiving as it scares the cr*p out of them ..  

and onto bystanders below.

[smedly]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Dr Kawalee Chatdarong said they are accurate to 94.8% and can sniff out asymptomatic individuals.

mass testing does the same but on a much bigger scale if you bothered to do it