Calling Pogle

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DoctorStrangelove replied

10 July 2020, 12:28
Originally posted by Pogle View Post

Hi - thanks for asking. Yes not too bad, still being Himselfs carer 24/7. He's not too brillant, but we do what we can

<- no s & socially distanced in the approved way.
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vetran replied

10 July 2020, 10:33
Originally posted by Pogle View Post

Hi - thanks for asking. Yes not too bad, still being Himselfs carer 24/7. He's not too brillant, but we do what we can

Do look after yourself as well!
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Pogle replied

10 July 2020, 09:58
Originally posted by vetran View Post

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

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

Hi - thanks for asking. Yes not too bad, still being Himselfs carer 24/7. He's not too brillant, but we do what we can
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ravenshaw replied

9 July 2020, 23:10
Originally posted by vetran View Post

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-Gu.../dp/1250123682
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vetran replied

9 July 2020, 12:18
Originally posted by Pogle View Post

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?
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Pogle replied

9 July 2020, 12:04
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

What does hamsters have to do with Pogle?

Excellent point - well made
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Pogle replied

9 July 2020, 12:03
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

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

9 July 2020, 11:19
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

What does hamsters have to do with Pogle?

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

9 July 2020, 10:15
What does hamsters have to do with Pogle?
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AtW replied

9 July 2020, 07:36
Let's just hope experiments will be humane and they won't put poor hamsters on Ryanair...
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ladymuck replied

9 July 2020, 07:35
Originally posted by vetran View Post

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.
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DimPrawn replied

8 July 2020, 21:03
I tried it at home, hamster seems fine.
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vetran started a topic Calling Pogle

8 July 2020, 20:55
Calling Pogle
Coronavirus: Putting hamsters on plane could test transmission | Daily Mail Online

Putting hamsters on an a plane could prove whether the coronavirus can be spread through airborne transmission, infectious disease expert says

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?
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