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White House reportedly moves to eliminate Covid-19 security theater at airports

• just-juan-post 6y ago
  > Airport screenings are designed to catch infected people traveling into the country so that they don’t continue to spread COVID-19. They don’t usually end up catching that many sick people, though. Temperature checks alone aren’t going to catch people who caught the virus but aren’t showing symptoms yet or anyone who is asymptomatic. Fever is a common symptom of COVID-19, but some very sick people never develop one. It’s also easily masked by medication. Symptom screenings rely on people telling the truth and, again, won’t flag anyone who is pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic. It's a step in the right direction to admit that the vast majority of this is "theater". By continuing the theater we perpetuate the fear. Close the theater.