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I wonder whether taking the temperature is enough when combined with social distancing? For that, it would be interesting to know what percentage of people that
by Hermel 6y ago
I wonder whether taking the temperature is enough when combined with social distancing? For that, it would be interesting to know what percentage of people that are infectuous have an elevated temperature. 50% might already be enough, because that means we could cut the infection rate in half just by quarantining everyone with a slight fever.
- gumby 6y agoI don't really understand the point of temperature taking as asymptomatic patients are contagious (sars-cvd-2 is far from alone in this respect). This testing provides a false negative which allows vectors to mix with healthy people -- a false sense of security. You might as well not do it.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoAll testing has false negatives. The goal is to suppress the disease, not to ensure that nobody at all gets it.
- Hermel 6y agoEven if you only find half of all infected, it would already help a lot. The infection rate is cut in half if half the infected are immediately quarantined.