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Temperature sensors are theater. You can be asymptomatic and still spread it. You can have a fever and not have the disease.
by briandear 7y ago
Temperature sensors are theater. You can be asymptomatic and still spread it. You can have a fever and not have the disease.
- timcederman 7y agoMitigation is not a binary thing. If a temperature sensor is somewhat inaccurate, but can still identify outliers (even with false positives, or even false negatives), there's value to it.
- Balgair 7y agoThen just have the sensor always read high. If it's theatre, get out the jazz hands.
- shalmanese 7y agoWidespread temperature sensors in Singapore, even if security theater, have been great for one important reason: If you suspect you have a fever, you naturally self-quarantine since you can't go anywhere anyway. Even the gentle nudge to self quarantine can bend the R0 curve down. Every little bit helps.