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Shout out to Youtuber, Mr. Beast.

 

He went to Africa and built 100 water wells, providing half a million people with fresh and clean water 

 

 

Gwinnett County Public Library
  · 
Don't miss your chance to meet Award-winning author Tananarive Due!

Due will discuss her much-anticipated novel, "The Reformatory," with Nsenga Burton, founder of The Burton Wire.
For more, visit: www.gwinnettpl.org/adultservices/
#GwinnettLibrary #Gwinnett #Author #Snellville

 

 

Lowe’s of Snellville, GA is now hiring for a Full Time Head Cashier! Come join our team!

 

Click the link below for more details and to apply!
https://talent.lowes.com/.../Full-Time-Head-Cashier-Day

 

Lowe’s Associates enjoy great perks, including:
· Tuition Reimbursement
· Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
· Paid Time Off
· A 10% store discount
· Quarterly Bonuses
· Opportunities for career development and upward mobility
· And much more!
 
#lowescareers #lowes #gwinnettcountyga #snellvillega

 

Gwinnett County Government Recycle Event
 
Remember to bring your hard-to-recycle items to America Recycles Day

Saturday, November 4 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds from 9:00am to noon!
Here are a few reminders about the event:
• Paper shredding is limited to five copier paper boxes
• Paint is limited to 10 gallons
• Tires are limited to eight and must be without rims (dealer tires not accepted)
• Electronics recycling is free except for TVs, monitors, and printers
• There's a $35 cash fee per projection or console TV, $15 cash fee per TV or computer monitor, and a $5 cash fee per printer
• All attendees must remain in their vehicles at all times. Items to be recycled should be placed in the trunks or back of vehicles, where they will be removed by vendors.
To find more details, visit GCSolidWaste.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Massachusetts school district has invited two new police officers to

patrol its buildings, only these cops have four paws and aren't detecting crime. They're detecting Covid.

A pair of specially-trained dogs, 14-month-old labs named Huntah and Duke,

began their training in May 2021, and now roam the

halls of schools in the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District.

The Bristol County Sheriff's Office worked closely with Florida International University

to train the dogs, said Jonathan Darling, the agency's public information officer.

The two were trained similarly to how narcotic dogs are, Darling said.

Trainers took a mask which had been worn by a person who tested positive,

and after using a UV light to kill the virus, the mask was cut into

pieces and placed in a plastic bag, to help the scent become imprinted on the dogs.

Covid causes metabolic changes, which in turn produces a specific odor,

according to FIU research, allowing for dogs like

Huntah and Duke to be another way to help stop the spread, Darling said.

Another study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

found dogs could detect Covid after six to eight weeks of training.

In the preprint study, six dogs were able to accurately identify Covid 82-94% of the time.

While early results appear promising, it is likely too early to know whether

Covid-sniffing dogs could actually be used as a tool to fight the pandemic in the real world.

"This could be compromised by the density of individuals in crowded

spaces and whether well-ventilated external spaces, where odours are rapidly

dispersed, compromise the ability of the dogs to detect individuals with

low levels of infection," Lawrence Young, a virologist at

Warwick Medical School in the United Kingdom, said in a statement.

School superintendent Rick Medeiros first found out about Covid-detection

dogs after reading a news release from the sheriff's office in August

announcing Huntah and Duke's training completion,

and decided to bring the dogs into his five schools.

"Our number one priority is to safely keep our students and staff in school

for in-person learning and we believe this was just one

more mitigation strategy to help us reach that goal," Medeiros said.

With a district with nearly 3,000 students and 400 staff members,

Medeiros said it was important the dogs don't disrupt the school day.

But after having the dogs come in, he reported it has been great for both students and staff.

The dogs come to the schools weekly and work to detect cases in empty

classrooms, auditoriums, cafeterias and gymnasiums, Mederiros said. If Covid is detected,

the authorities tell the health nurse who relays the information to the people affected.

When he first had the idea of bringing the dogs into the school, he wanted to

assure parents and community members they were not

going to line up all the kids and have the dogs go up and down the line.

"They come while students are in school, it's really not

disruptive or intimidating," Medeiros said. "These were not drug sniffing dogs."

Darling said both the Fairhaven and Norton school districts have reached

out to the office to have their schools screened. Each district has five schools,

meaning the dogs would screen 15 schools once a week, which is "perfectly feasible," Darling said.

This service would come at no cost to the school.

As of now, the two dogs are only dedicated to Covid, but Darling said their

duties may change depending on what's needed. Other duties could include finding missing people, he said.

"They are officers just like anybody else," Darling said.

"We want to keep people safe, that's what law enforcement is all about."

 

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