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Unreliable for use as medical sensors, at least that's what the study says. About your general sentiment: I am sorry that you feel you don't have reliable human
by summm 5y ago
Unreliable for use as medical sensors, at least that's what the study says. About your general sentiment: I am sorry that you feel you don't have reliable humans in your life.
- awillen 5y agoHave you seen a highly trained Malinois? Even if you're surrounded by highly reliable humans, they're probably not as reliable as the dog.
- chupchap 5y agoIt doesn't matter how well trained a dog is, a lot of people are scared of dogs.
- Sophistifunk 5y agoA lot of people are scared of needles, too. And yet we still inject people all the time.
- trentgreene 5y agoBecause there are medications that "must" be administered intravenously or in the muscle. There's no test that can only be performed via canine.
- mulmen 5y agoDevil’s advocate: “yet”.
- Bost 5y ago> There's no test that can only be performed via canine. Because we haven't developed any.
- franga2000 5y agoWell yes, but clearly some tests dont't need to be performed with a needle anymore - we can use a dog
- awillen 5y agoThat's true, but it's not relevant here... we're talking about reliability.
- fastball 5y agoDepends on how you define "reliable". I'm sure the Malinois can be relied upon to do the things it has been trained to do, but I can rely on humans to do things they have not been trained to do.
- fulafel 5y agoThere are multiple linked studies, the first BMJ infection article at least seems to be positive in its conclusions about it. ("CONCLUSION: A trained dog was able to detect C difficile with high estimated sensitivity and specificity, both in stool samples and in hospital patients infected with C difficile.")