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We Know Dogs Are Better Than Us. They May Even Be Better at Detecting Covid-19.

Just look at that smile.
Just look at that smile. Image: Kelly Barnes (Getty Images)

How, exactly, you may be asking, can dogs detect whether someone has coronavirus? Well, they’re not exactly smelling the virus itself (if the dumb thing did have a smell, I would imagine it smells like sulfur). Past research has indicated that dogs can smell “specific volatile olfactory compounds,” or certain body odors, given off by people who have viral infections, according to the University of Adelaide.