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>widespread use of fever checks I've never understood this fascination with fever checks. I've never had a fever where I couldn't tell I had a fever -- everyon
by parliament32 6y ago
>widespread use of fever checks
I've never understood this fascination with fever checks. I've never had a fever where I couldn't tell I had a fever -- everyone with a fever perfectly well knows they have a fever. The problem is people trying to hide it, I guess? And if they suppress it with medication, your forehead scanner will be useless anyway.
The solution for that is to make quarantine less painful. Here's a list of grocery delivery services, here's a guarantee your employer can't punish you for taking time off work, here's a nursing service that'll call you to check in daily, etc. Enjoy your vacation.
- barneygale 6y agoI've never seen a toupée that I couldn't tell was fake.
- bluGill 6y agoHow do you know you never had a fever you couldn't detect? If you don't check your temperature daily those by definition would have passed you by. The real reason though is people tend to think it ain't that bad and go out. Fever checks stop those people before they infect your shop.
- parliament32 6y agoYou're right; a slight one, possibly. But the margin of error on the forehead scanners is so high you're not going to detect anything other than the most serious of fevers, which I guarantee people can tell they have. If you want proper temperature checking you're going to have to get into oral checks, which nobody is willing to do. The forehead scanners are a placebo -- this has been known for a very long time: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thermometers/accuracy-of-forehead-scanning-thermometers-doubted-idUSPAR05104120070810 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thermometers/accuracy-of-...