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Temperature checks dont work. Our hospital is discontinuing them Monday. Science in here.
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:16 pm
Over the course of 6 weeks our system did 190000 temperature checks.
ONLY 9 temps of greater than 100.4 were found
ONLY 1 turned out to be positive for Wuhan Coronavirus.
190000 tests to find 1 positive case.
This is the definition of a terrible screening test and waste of resources.
For an example of a good screening test I looked up screening mammography.
For every 1000 screening mammograms they find about 8 cancers
So only 125 tests to find 1 cancer
A good screening test and worth the resources as early detection can cut treatment costs down the road.

ONLY 9 temps of greater than 100.4 were found
ONLY 1 turned out to be positive for Wuhan Coronavirus.
190000 tests to find 1 positive case.
This is the definition of a terrible screening test and waste of resources.
For an example of a good screening test I looked up screening mammography.
For every 1000 screening mammograms they find about 8 cancers
So only 125 tests to find 1 cancer
A good screening test and worth the resources as early detection can cut treatment costs down the road.

Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:20 pm to Cosmo
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..The probable reality.

Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:20 pm to Cosmo
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This post was edited on 5/15/20 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:21 pm to Cosmo
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Science in here.
You talking science when feelings are involved?!?
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:21 pm to Cosmo
My office was doing them before the shutdown started and was using the contactless ones. My temp was pretty regularly like 94 with the those.
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:21 pm to LSUBoo
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Why wait until Monday?
idk, the wheels of bureaucracy move slowly
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:22 pm to fallguy_1978
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contactless ones
These are awful
We used real under the tongue ones
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:22 pm to LSU1SLU
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What about 99.5 temp
That isnt a fever?
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:23 pm to Cosmo
They screen us with the forehead ones for work and every day I’m 96-97 it seems.
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:23 pm to Cosmo
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These are awful
We used real under the tongue ones
According to those I had early stage hypothermia
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:25 pm to Cosmo
I think they’ve already proven that not all people with Corona have a fever.
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:26 pm to fallguy_1978
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According to those I had early stage hypothermia
Well aren't you a chill motherfricker.
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:26 pm to Cosmo
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190000 tests to find 1 positive case.
There is no cost too much to save a life.
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:27 pm to whoa
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I think they’ve already proven that not all people with Corona have a fever.
No shite
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:27 pm to Cosmo
And for those 8 people hopefully they kept their asses at home. No one wants what they got.
Dallas county spent almost $1 million on temp kiosks for public buildings. I'm sure that'll be a huge waste of money.
Dallas county spent almost $1 million on temp kiosks for public buildings. I'm sure that'll be a huge waste of money.
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:28 pm to Cosmo
It's a show.
It's apparently going to be done at the Disney Parks.
This will be great in Orlando....in July....ain't nobody getting in.
It's apparently going to be done at the Disney Parks.
This will be great in Orlando....in July....ain't nobody getting in.
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:30 pm to Cosmo
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Temperature checks dont work
Something the WHO recommends against doing for influenza pandemics, according to a 2019 document...
Posted on 5/15/20 at 2:31 pm to Tiger985
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This will be great in Orlando....in July....ain't nobody getting in.
might keep the sweaty fatties out.
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