And so now we hear about dogs being trained to “sniff out COVID”, and it smells like BS to me. German Shepherds sniffing out COVID symptoms? Or German Shepherds used as an intimidation tactic to scare a target into compliance? We know the answer.
Why not use rats? They have a far higher success rate at sniffing out disease, drugs, and bombs, they’re easier to train, so why not them? Because the primary use of a dog, either in the war on drugs or the war on COVID, is to intimidate and provide justification for an otherwise unlawful arrest or search.
