Fri Sep 10, 2021, 09:41 PM

Mr.Bill (20,224 posts)

Rachel is doing a story right now

about dogs who can sniff out the Covid virus with an accuracy rate in the 90%s. They are using them in the Miami airport. For now, they are using them on employees reporting for work.

My question is how long until DeSantis bans the use of them?

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Rachel is doing a story right now (Original post)	Mr.Bill	Sep 2021	OP
My understanding is that he isn't worried about them sniffing out covid...	Enter stage left	Sep 2021	#1
Good one.	Mr.Bill	Sep 2021	#2
+!	Cracklin Charlie	Sep 2021	#3
Wow, imagine how exhausted a bullshit sniffing	louslobbs	Sep 2021	#6
I love those stories of dogs sniffing out disease	lordsummerisle	Sep 2021	#4
And this story said they are using	Mr.Bill	Sep 2021	#5
Rachel reported one of the dogs has a 99.4%	mnhtnbb	Sep 2021	#7
Did you see the segment about Idaho's solution to the COVID problem?	Elwood P Dowd	Sep 2021	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Sep 2021	#9
I wonder if the insurance companies	lordsummerisle	Sep 2021	#10
These puppies are amazing	LetMyPeopleVote	Sep 2021	#11
It wouldn't surprise me at all if he tried to ban them.	Buckeye_Democrat	Sep 2021	#12
Right now, the dogs are only being used to screen employees on the way in to work.	ShazzieB	Sep 2021	#13
Airports are federal property, so no, he would have no authority	Mr.Bill	Sep 2021	#14

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Fri Sep 10, 2021, 09:45 PM

Enter stage left (2,958 posts)

1. My understanding is that he isn't worried about them sniffing out covid...

but terrified they can sniff out bullshit.

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Response to Enter stage left (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 09:47 PM

Mr.Bill (20,224 posts)

2. Good one.

I know the DeSantis question sounds like a joke, but would it really surprise any of us?

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Response to Enter stage left (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 09:48 PM

Cracklin Charlie (12,725 posts)

3. +!

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Response to Enter stage left (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 10:00 PM

louslobbs (2,956 posts)

6. Wow, imagine how exhausted a bullshit sniffing

dog in Florida would be? Poor thing would be smelling bullshit non stop. And put that dog at one of those CPAC or trump gatherings……….poor pup would hyperventilate and collapse from uncontrolled sinus and brain swelling.

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Fri Sep 10, 2021, 09:49 PM

lordsummerisle (4,607 posts)

4. I love those stories of dogs sniffing out disease

I remember a study just a few years ago where dogs were sniffing out cancer at a 99% accuracy rate. That pretty much beats out what a lab can do...

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Response to lordsummerisle (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 09:50 PM

Mr.Bill (20,224 posts)

5. And this story said they are using

mixed breed rescue dogs, too.

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Response to lordsummerisle (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 10:00 PM

mnhtnbb (30,505 posts)

7. Rachel reported one of the dogs has a 99.4%

accuracy rate of detecting Covid on the masks worn by people in the test population. The other dog had a slightly lower rate.

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Fri Sep 10, 2021, 10:16 PM

Elwood P Dowd (11,414 posts)

8. Did you see the segment about Idaho's solution to the COVID problem?

The legislature there is calling a special session. Their solution is to ban hospitals from mandating their doctors and nurses get vaccines. They want more COVID to overwhelm more hospitals that are already in dire straits.

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Fri Sep 10, 2021, 10:37 PM

lordsummerisle (4,607 posts)

10. I wonder if the insurance companies

are preventing these tests with dogs from being widespread. Seems like they wouldn't be very profitable...

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Fri Sep 10, 2021, 10:51 PM

LetMyPeopleVote (126,743 posts)

11. These puppies are amazing

Yes, I know that they are 7 years old but they are still amazing

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Fri Sep 10, 2021, 10:55 PM

Buckeye_Democrat (14,595 posts)

12. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he tried to ban them.

He might even show old pics, during civil rights protests, of dogs being used to attack and intimidate the protestors.

Not that they're comparable at all, but it's the kind of nonsense that right-wingers do.

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Fri Sep 10, 2021, 11:54 PM

ShazzieB (10,499 posts)

13. Right now, the dogs are only being used to screen employees on the way in to work.

Does anyone know if DeSantis would have standing to tell them they can't do that?

For that matter, who owns that airport? Does DeathSantis have jurisdiction over the place, and if not, who does?

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Response to ShazzieB (Reply #13)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 12:03 AM

Mr.Bill (20,224 posts)

14. Airports are federal property, so no, he would have no authority

there. But he's had all kinds of orders reversed and it hasn't stopped him from issuing more. He either doesn't have very good legal counsel or doesn't listen to them.

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