Coronavirus - are we all doomed?

[Isaac]

Sniffer dogs show promise at detecting COVID-19 – DW – 07/23/2020

Researchers in Germany have found that army sniffer dogs can discern between samples from coronavirus-infected and healthy patients. So high is the level of accuracy, they hope this can be used in real-life scenarios.

www.dw.com

Researchers in Germany have found that army sniffer dogs can discern between samples from coronavirus-infected and healthy patients. So high is the level of accuracy, they hope this can be used in real-life scenarios.

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Wow that's amazing

 

[deletedT]

Wow that's amazing

Dogs have been used to detect cancer. Now they're training them to sniff Corona virus.

Study shows dogs can accurately sniff out cancer in blood

Dogs have smell receptors 10,000 times more accurate than humans', making them highly sensitive to odors we can't perceive. A new study has shown that dogs can use their highly evolved sense of smell to pick out blood samples from people with cancer with almost 97 percent accuracy. The results...

www.sciencedaily.com

 

[Isaac]

That's pretty cool. Whatever the solution(s) is/are....I'm all for it!
As long as they don't start using Bats or Marmots.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Or the other animal from China that is tied to open-air markets - the pangolin.

The last thing I read on the specific subject of "origin" was that corona virus was very strongly (99+%) indicated as having come from bats. Didn't know there was any tie-in to marmots.

 

[Isaac]

Or the other animal from China that is tied to open-air markets - the pangolin.

The last thing I read on the specific subject of "origin" was that corona virus was very strongly (99+%) indicated as having come from bats. Didn't know there was any tie-in to marmots.

Marmots just came to my mind as another questionable animal eaten over there. Most notably having given a youth the Bubonic Plague in Mongolia recently. Now pangolin I hadn't heard of - sounds like a musical instrument!

 

[deletedT]

Marmots just came to my mind as another questionable animal eaten over there

They eat everything. They have also restaurants that serves dogs.

DON'T CLICK this link if you love dogs. It contains horrible images.

dog meat in china market - Google Search

OR any kind of insects

insects food in china - Google Search

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

They have also restaurants that serves dogs.

I don't think I could eat dog, but you never know it depends how hungry you are! people have been known to eat other people in Desperate situations. This article:-

Another Chinese Food Scandal: Rat Meat Sold As Lamb At Chinese Farmer's Markets

63 people were arrested yesterday, accused of passing off rat, fox and minx meat as mutton and selling the deceitful meat at markets.

gothamist.com

makes you wonder what you are actually eating, it appears that some unscrupulous people are processing rat meat and making it pass as lamb. I do hope our border control people are testing for such things, they missed the horse didn't they! Do you think they could miss the rat in Ratatouille!

 

[moke123]

Good thing there are other uses for detection dogs. With the legalization of pot in many states their use has become problematic.

 

[Isaac]

I've also seen a number of those type of articles, it seems like it is a re-occurring thing, the passing one type of meat off as if it were another.
Just adds another layer of risk to the whole subject!

 

[moke123]

Gotta love all that deregulation

 

[deletedT]

This article:-
makes you wonder what you are actually eating, it appears that some unscrupulous people are processing rat meat and making it pass as lamb. I do hope our border control people are testing for such things, they missed the horse didn't they! Do you think they could miss the rat in Ratatouille!

This is Gyoza, one of our special foods.

It's dumplings filled with ground meat and vegetables and wrapped in a thin dough. The typical Gyoza filling consists of ground pork, nira chives, green onion, cabbage, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil.

Several years ago we had a news that all of imported Gyoza from China contains cardboard instead of meat. And how they did know? An employee was fired from the company. He got angry and reported to our embassy. Ever since, nobody eats imported Gyoza from China.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Speaking of Chinese eating almost anything, they are also starting to encroach on protected fisheries in the Galapagos.

Alarm over discovery of hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels near Galápagos Islands

The fleet, found just outside a protected zone, raises the prospect of damage to the marine ecosystemEcuador has sounded the alarm after its navy discovered a huge fishing fleet of mostly Chinese-flagged vessels some 200 miles from the Galápagos Islands, the archipelago which inspired Charles...

www.yahoo.com

As long as they stay just outside the protected area, it is hard to do anything with them. Makes one almost wish that the Godzilla-type movies were about real creatures so their fleet could be removed in a way that couldn't be blamed on another country.

 

[deletedT]

@The_Doc_Man
They're simply killing the world. And nobody can do anything. Not even Godzilla, Batman & Superman.

Their fishing boats rushed to our sees, destroyed our coral reefs, and took almost all of it. We have no army and our security depends on US. We talked to any organization we thought may help, we asked UN to do something, we asked US to help us stopping them coral poaching. But nobody did anything. Because nobody wants to stand in front of them. Not even US.

Prices of precious coral, in particular red corals, have reportedly skyrocketed recently, while coral fishing near the Chinese coasts have been banned by Beijing.
In recent years, this has prompted some Chinese fishermen to travel hundreds of kilometers to waters near Okinawa to poach corals from the seabed, and the poachers now appear to have reached as far as Ogasawara.

Japan tells China to stop alleged coral poaching

TOKYO (AP) — A flotilla of Chinese fishing boats, more than 200 by some reports, has been edging closer to Japan's mainland in alleged poaching of red coral in Japanese waters.Recent aerial photos taken by Japan media show dozens of...

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Search for China destroys Coral reef and see how many countries have been damaged by their fishing boats.

 

[Isaac]

That's sad!
Would you say Trump is moving in the right direction on China, generally speaking? (as his positioning and policies have covered various topics)

 

[deletedT]

From where I see it, President Trump had a good start on China, but unfortunately US has a lot of financial problem and is not financially strong enough to stand in front of them. Just imagine what if all of sudden China stops all exports to US.
Everything’s prices would be skyrocketed.

 

[Isaac]

From where I see it, President Trump had a good start on China, but unfortunately US has a lot of financial problem and is not financially strong enough to stand in front of them. Just imagine what if all of sudden China stops all exports to US.
Everything’s prices would be skyrocketed.

I see your point. Sad but probably true. Well, I hope for anything he might be able to do to somewhat check/pause/slow them.

 

[deletedT]

I’m praying too.

 

[NauticalGent]

Not sure if I would blame the COVID situation, but for the first time in my life, I felt the desire to become a gun owner. I have ALWAYS been a supporter of the 2nd amendment but never desired to own a hand gun.

Interesting fact I learned, this past March show the 2nd highest surge in firearms sales - over 60% of the buyers were first-timers such as myself.

 

[deletedT]

but for the first time in my life, I felt the desire to become a gun owner.

May I ask why?

 

[NauticalGent]

May I ask why?

I really do not know for sure. It could be because:
1. If I did not do it now, I may not be able to do it in the near future.

2. There is a LOT of protesting going on and although the media would have you believe that the whole US is a war zone, it is simply not the case. Be that as it may, you never know where you might end up in your travels.

3. I live in a rural area and home invasions are extremely rare, but they can and do happen.

4. I do not trust Governments - no matter which idiot is in the white house and they are ALL idiots - and although I would be no match for any forces sent to my house, at least I would not be an easy target.

I realize all that sounds extreme and as a conspiracy theorist theme to them but this COVID situation has got me very concerned about how willingly the world's population has allowed themselves to be trained and coerced into blind compliance.