Metallica and More Use Dogs to Detect Covid on Tours
January 10, 2022 9:58AM CST

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FEBRUARY 06: (L-R) Musicians James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo of Metallica take a bow onstage at CBS RADIO’s third annual “The Night Before” at AT&T Park on February 6, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for CBS)
Specially trained dogs have been used to detect Covid-19 and that includes on some pretty big tours. Bands like Metallica and The Black Keys have used the service of dogs who are trained to detect Covid-19 in backstage crew members at shows. The process involves crew members sitting down as the dogs sniff out their hands and feet. Metallica used dogs for their 40th-anniversary gigs and Tool is getting ready to do the same for their tour launching in January. Do you think dogs can accurately pick up on someone having Covid-19? Should more tours do this to avoid any potential cancellations?