# Good news--if you are a ferret **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [November 7, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007 "2020-11-07T20:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007/1 "2020-11-07T20:34:06Z")
Just read a news report at that nose spray has been found that prevents Covid-19 in ferrets. Basically their noses were sprayed every morning and they were left in cages with infected ferrets and unsprayed uninfected ferrets. All the controls got sick and none of the sprayed animals did. Now they are trying to raise money for human trials. They have applied to operation Warp Speed and are waiting. Their paper has not yet been refereed. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007/2 "2020-11-07T20:54:17Z")
Spray the ferrets, then shove the ferrets up your nose to block the infection. Problem solved! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007/3 "2020-11-07T20:57:44Z")
Are ferrets not closely related to [minks](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-coronavirus-minks-cull-b1610887.html)? Problem not solved! ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007/4 "2020-11-08T12:43:47Z")
Can we have a link please. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007/5 "2020-11-08T13:02:39Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Are ferrets not closely related to [minks](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-coronavirus-minks-cull-b1610887.html) Yes, extremely so. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007/6 "2020-11-08T14:10:30Z")
I didn’t even know that ferrets (or any other animal other than humans, bats, and pangolins) could get COVID-19 in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007/7 "2020-11-08T14:13:28Z")
Ferrets are the primary lab animal in influenza laboratories. They are like armadillos and leprosy. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-if-you-are-a-ferret/925007/8 "2020-11-08T15:41:08Z")
I should have linked to this in the OP, but here goes: > **[As U.S. Sets Yet Another Daily Record, Colleges Cases Soar (Published 2020)](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/05/world/covid-19-coronavirus-updates?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20201106&instance_id=23862&nl=the-morning®i_id=85862498&segment_id=43736&te=1&user_id=858e933a0a6995069fd360f9a542e8ba#a-nasal-spray-blocked-infection-in-lab-animals-raising-hopes-for-a-new-weapon-against-the-virus)** > > A nasal spray to block the virus? Scientists may be getting close. And in Europe, governments are imposing new lockdowns.