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rshini
Not to mention the people that can't to take time off of work would take a fever-reducing medicine to get around the temperature checks.
LovingGuin
I was told by my boss that as long as I don’t have a fever, symptoms, or told to quarantine by the health dept that I needed to come to work
Ghlargh
I saw studies in early february that showed at least 30% of Covid cases had no fever at all.
meleesaidknockyouout
I’m a teacher and my school is doing temp checks and I’m glad bc I don’t trust parents, sick kids get sent to school all the time.
thatsbadmmkay
Governor Kemp claimed he didn't know
Tumescentpie
My guess is that they saw a multisyllablic word and skipped it.
EventidesCall
Security theater
OverlyUnprotective
I always took this as an attempt to catch mild symptomatic cases
Bystandr
The word for our time is 're·cid·i·vism' as in COVID wave, again, via our ignorance and lack of respect.
ciriausly
If only there was a reliable way to check if people were truly covid positive
12345qwerty
I’ve been saying that this whole time. What the hell is the point of checking our temp if half the people sick dont have a fever?
IncrediRis
haha
UnluckyScarecrow
the temperature checks are for detecting Liars, not asymptomatic COVID
thereoncewasamanfromnantucket
I’d still rather not let someone with a fever into my shop even if it’s not from Covid tho..
sfbiker
The CDC already said that airport temperature screening was not effective back when TSA said they were going to do it.
designBeast
They assumed that people would lie if you asked if they have symptoms and come to work sick. They're checking for stupid.
Zynthasius
darrowcd
I love people who pay someone smart to take their SAT for them.
theLASTromanNJ
No but it catch people are newly symptomatic or still pre-symptomatic, since a low grade fever might not be noticed right away
codeblue4me4
Release the vaccine already. It's better than dying.
RavenInFlyte4ever
I used a head thermometer at home it said I was normal, checked by mouth thermometer and it showed a low fever. Not reliable.
freckledkink
The different methods of taking temperatures will vary in readings. Up the booty is hotter than either of the other 2. There are adjustments
freckledkink
That need to be made when taking your temperature depending on the method used.
ImpactFPS
A Simp Toe Matic
kimmie71490
My daughter had every single symptom BUT the fever.
kimmie71490
I remind my employer of this every time he comes in to take my temp.
Orzufancylad
They thought the A in Asymptomatic stood for Atypical.
Lightsmith
A symptom
Maahes0
The prefix A- means "not." Such as in Atypical, or Atheist.
Orzufancylad
thundercactus
a theist? where?
immoral0
All over the place.
sadurdaynight
Also the folks that are incubating to the point where they're contagious, but not showing symptoms yet. ~2 day window for them to spread it.
getyourfruitoffmeyoudamndirtygrapes
look up "security theater"
CommsAreDown
I don't get how people are so confident in the symptoms of a virus we've been studying for less than a year. It's science, it takes time
Samja192
the problem with us being able to rely on the results of science for so long people forget that "science" is a process, not a magic wand.
kyzentun
They thought it meant a curve that approaches some line but never crosses it.
AgnesMcGillicuddy
No that's asymtote. I think you meant asafoetida
happyadams
TheArwingPilot
No that's Asymptotic. I thought it meant working by itself with little or no direct human control.
teufel0341
Asymptotic!!
kyzentun
There was some mildly viral tweet that used the wrong word months ago. I meant this as a reference to that.
kastewbeef
Scrolling down, I was wondering just how long the Imgur brain trust could keep it going!
TheDayTheBrainStoodStill
BobbyBobBobBuBuBuBubblegoose
That's assntits. You're thinking of ass and tits.
rodgertheshrubber
Ya got me.
copingcabana
That's why I come here. For the hyperbole.
Frederf
It's intersectional with Zenophobic.
DontshakemyhandIhaveleprosy
The beginning of the best comments thread ever seen on Imgur
lilbearr4
The limit does not exist!
thisisagreatusernamedontworryitswonderful
That's asymptotic. Asymptomatic is when two events occur but not at the same time
Krakencrotch
mkfraiche
yay i love these! down the rabbit hole I go
DrRad
No. That’s asynchronous. Asymptomatic is that small amphibian from Mexico.
ilsalta
No, that’s an Axolotl. Asymptomatic is when you inhale fluids or foreign matter into your lungs such as stomach acid or saliva.
Barndog211
You're thinking of aspiration. Asymptomatic is when you don't feel sexual attraction.
kilaithalai
That's asexual. Asymptomatic is that antibiotic drug
ExtraZOIDBERG
That’s asynchronous. Asymptomatic is when something can’t be divided by any internal plane to produce an equal mirror image
Gamestops
No that's Asymmetric. Asymptomatic is the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
TowerJunkie
No that's asyndeton. Asymptomatic is repetition of a consonant sound.
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
No that's asyndeton, asymptomatic is the exclusion of bacteria and other microorganisms, typically during surgery.
insanitycontinuum
No, that's Asyndeton. Asymptomatic is a bi-annual computer festival, esports event, demoscene and lan party in Helsinki, Finland.
tuxedobob
Nobody knows what the hell that is.
NotVeryGoodPickupLines
No that's Assembly. Asymptomatic is any low level programming language with a strong link between the instructions and the machine code.
MeatSparkles
Im sad I know what you mean... and Im a 35 y/o engineer who hasn't had to do that math in a very long time haha
EvilTacobunny
Yep. Assume that everyone has it. Wash your hands wear a mask.
EmberIslandPlayer94
Why didn't they fucking do this in the first place? Assuming everyone has it benefits us all.
OtziOzbjorn
Yep, assume that everyone has it, including yourself.
Klaxun
It's Schrodinger's virus. Without universal access to testing, we all simultaneously do and do not have the virus.
wardenda
Wash your mask. Wear your hands.
ImHereForExplicitContent
donutposse11337
Yes - wash your hands. I feel like that went by the wayside as masks became “the thing” and that’s why rates won’t drop
VastMajorityRule
And yet so many don't get this strategy.
MrTay
Again it’s not about 100% effectiveness. It’s about breaking transmission trains. Temp checks are not a catch all. Just a tool in 1:
BosunMark
This
sha13
Exactly. Checking someone's temperature before they enter an airplane or a hotel is better than nothing.
LazyBuddha
Unless you have a baseline and are collecting the data there's really no use for it cuz everybody's starting temperature is going to be diff
preparationh67
What....within a range sure but no thats not how fevers work
buddhanature
This is the challenge, the anti-maskers think everything is binary. They don't grok that you have many lines of prevention.
BrokeMyFunnyBone
Man, grok them
nounthennumbers
We use it as a deterrent so that people don’t show up if they are sick. They won’t just try and work through it because they won’t get in.
sha13
No they don't. They just fabricate excuses to match their narrative. If they cared about logic we wouldn't be having this discussion.
GadenKerensky
Grok?
ImHereForExplicitContent
Slang for understand
NuggetsForKitty
My school district stopped temp checks because they haven't caught a single high temp
MrTay
Wonder how many parents will send their kids in now with a slight fever that didn’t before because they knew it would be caught.
NuggetsForKitty
Most parents give their kids Tylenol before school hoping their kid will make it threw the day. Old trick.
LooseyGooseyBrett
Id like to hear of a single instance where this temp check stopped someone's entry. Plus my temp is 87 degrees according to many of these.
QuartzPoker
I can name a few
iowabluefan
They aren’t perfectly accurate, however they are used with the intent that they will catch people who have fevers who might not know
iowabluefan
Source: friends and family who work in hospitals
thorkild91
Your resting skin temp is pretty low. If your resting skin temp is 98.7 you’re running hot. But a fever becomes pretty noticeably off
BurberryBlessings
At work several people people have been denied entry that I know of. Me and another person who were testing low temp had to standby for redo
kimmie71490
I was denied entry after standing outside in 105F south Mississippi heat.
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kimmie71490
To stand outside waiting to get into a place I needed to get into for work??
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MrTay
The limited arsenal we have. We know it won’t catch asymptomatic people but it can catch symptomatic people who care only for themselves
ColClone54
You mean that you cannot build a 4,000 sq.ft. house with only one board? Ban all houses! We want our Freedumb!
HoneyBunchesOfStoats
and people who do care but just haven't noticed they have a fever yet
tenaciousjeebs
This is the thing about public health measures that many people just don’t understand.
Thatsagoodbid
1)Or, as an x-ray tech that is contracted for many nursing homes, there are days when you might be running a fever and not feel that bad.
Thatsagoodbid
2) It's all about patient safety, so whether or not I feel bad those patients don't deserve to be exposed to someone with COVID.
wHatThEQuAk
Yeah its insane how people over react about those things. We have nothing with 100% so we combine as many things as possible...
SecretlyARedPanda
But none of those items are 100% so why should I do any of them?ElynaerDeiros
God the sarcasm indicators are growing, a sad world we live in that it's needed.
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
Ya really it’s to catch the people borderline dying but still say “I’m fine”
ImHereForExplicitContent
QuartzPoker
I work with people like that. We had an employee sitting in their car with an icepack on their forehead so they could pass the screening
Alfadorfox
The latter shouldn't be a thing we have to worry about, and yet, here we are. :P
Alfadorfox
Perhaps I should have phrased that as "shouldn't have to be a thing we have to worry about". Implication being that people really shouldn't
Alfadorfox
be acting this stupid, but they are.
hammersquirrel
The question is: does this create a warped sense of risk that doesn't match its effectiveness. If people engage in riskier behavior after a>
hammersquirrel
false negative, then it's possible that outcomes could be better with no temp checks and assuming everyone is a potential carrier
NERDRAGEohacat
Nobody's relying on a temperature check to tell themselves if they feel feverish, it just becomes a mildly inconvenient routine act that 1/2
NERDRAGEohacat
is quickly forgotten. It's critical in catching symptomatic people who aren't self-reporting or quarantining. 2/2