Calling Pogle

[vetran]

Coronavirus: Putting hamsters on plane could test transmission | Daily Mail Online

[h=2]Putting hamsters on an a plane could prove whether the coronavirus can be spread through airborne transmission, infectious disease expert says[/h]

• Prof David Heymann said placing hamsters on planes could reveal whether Covid-19 can be spread through the aircraft's air circulation system
• The WHO said yesterday there is 'evidence emerging' of airborne transmission
• Previously thought the virus spread in droplets released by an infected person

they might run out of hamsters so hide!

is it me or does this seem a bit unscientific?

 

[DimPrawn]

I tried it at home, hamster seems fine.

 

[ladymuck]

Coronavirus: Putting hamsters on plane could test transmission | Daily Mail Online



they might run out of hamsters so hide!

is it me or does this seem a bit unscientific?

It's you

Hamsters, like mice, are used quite a lot as human analogues. It's less of an ethical minefield to test on hamsters rather than getting a load of uninfected people to get on a plane with Typhoid Mary sitting in the middle.

 

[AtW]

Let's just hope experiments will be humane and they won't put poor hamsters on Ryanair...

 

[northernladuk]

What does hamsters have to do with Pogle?

 

[DimPrawn]

What does hamsters have to do with Pogle?

Hamsters are Guinea Pigs with dwarfism, everyone learnt that at school....

 

[Pogle]

Hamsters are Guinea Pigs with dwarfism, everyone learnt that at school....

 

[Pogle]

What does hamsters have to do with Pogle?

Excellent point - well made

 

[vetran]

Excellent point - well made

You & NLUK can't read? - "they might run out of hamsters so hide!"

Anyway its nice to hear from you, are you OK?

 

[ravenshaw]

they might run out of hamsters so hide!

is it me or does this seem a bit unscientific?

Here's the answer!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Many-Guinea-Pigs-Plane/dp/1250123682