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Fauci says temp checks are ineffective
Posted on 8/14/20 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 8/14/20 at 1:41 pm
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Checking people's temperatures upon entry to businesses and schools is essentially pointless as a standalone measure to protect against the spread of COVID-19, and the practice can just as well be avoided to save time, Dr. Anthony Fauci said during a Facebook Live broadcast Thursday.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the temperature checks aren't reliable, and it's more effective to question people about symptoms than it is to take their temperature with an infrared thermometer, which is an increasingly popular practice as places reopen.
"We have found at NIH that it is much, much better to just question people when they come in and save the time, because temperatures are notoriously inaccurate many times," Fauci said.
Schools, common business such as grocery stores, large corporations including Amazon, and Disney's Florida theme parks all utilize temperature screenings in an attempt to prevent people with COVID-19 from entering.
Despite the popularity of the temperature checks as a safety measure, their ineffectiveness in detecting COVID-19 should be rather obvious. One of the most well-known and complicating aspects of COVID-19 is the likely number of people who have, or have had, the coronavirus with few or no symptoms, let alone a fever.
That's not to mention the inaccuracy of infrared temperature readings, particularly when used on people in the summer time after they've been out in the heat. Fauci himself said he's registered at 103 on a temperature check just from being outside.
So, while there's some chance that a temperature check could catch someone who is attempting to go somewhere with a fever, the checks are not likely to catch a significant portion of COVID-19 cases.
"All in all, temperature screenings may catch some cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus. But it could miss many others," Bruce Y. Lee, a public health expert, wrote for Forbes last month. "Thus, be skeptical whenever anyone tries to assure you that things are safe just because they are doing temperature and symptom screening."
Much of the opposition to reopening schools for in-person classes is due to fear of asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 among students and teachers, or the risk that students may unknowingly contract the virus at school and bring it home to vulnerable family members.
Statistics have proven that children without underlying health problems are unlikely to have serious illness if they get COVID-19, but the potential for asymptomatic spread creates an uncertainty that some parents and school officials are unwilling to risk.
Checking people's temperatures upon entry to businesses and schools is essentially pointless as a standalone measure to protect against the spread of COVID-19, and the practice can just as well be avoided to save time, Dr. Anthony Fauci said during a Facebook Live broadcast Thursday.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the temperature checks aren't reliable, and it's more effective to question people about symptoms than it is to take their temperature with an infrared thermometer, which is an increasingly popular practice as places reopen.
"We have found at NIH that it is much, much better to just question people when they come in and save the time, because temperatures are notoriously inaccurate many times," Fauci said.
Schools, common business such as grocery stores, large corporations including Amazon, and Disney's Florida theme parks all utilize temperature screenings in an attempt to prevent people with COVID-19 from entering.
Despite the popularity of the temperature checks as a safety measure, their ineffectiveness in detecting COVID-19 should be rather obvious. One of the most well-known and complicating aspects of COVID-19 is the likely number of people who have, or have had, the coronavirus with few or no symptoms, let alone a fever.
That's not to mention the inaccuracy of infrared temperature readings, particularly when used on people in the summer time after they've been out in the heat. Fauci himself said he's registered at 103 on a temperature check just from being outside.
So, while there's some chance that a temperature check could catch someone who is attempting to go somewhere with a fever, the checks are not likely to catch a significant portion of COVID-19 cases.
"All in all, temperature screenings may catch some cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus. But it could miss many others," Bruce Y. Lee, a public health expert, wrote for Forbes last month. "Thus, be skeptical whenever anyone tries to assure you that things are safe just because they are doing temperature and symptom screening."
Much of the opposition to reopening schools for in-person classes is due to fear of asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 among students and teachers, or the risk that students may unknowingly contract the virus at school and bring it home to vulnerable family members.
Statistics have proven that children without underlying health problems are unlikely to have serious illness if they get COVID-19, but the potential for asymptomatic spread creates an uncertainty that some parents and school officials are unwilling to risk.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 1:43 pm to Crimson Wraith
Um..didnt they just fricking say asymptomatic people are unlikely to spread the virus?
Posted on 8/14/20 at 1:48 pm to Crimson Wraith
How about you simply not go to work/school when you feel like shite? Really not a difficult concept.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 1:52 pm to Crimson Wraith
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Fauci says “I haven’t seen my name in the news in the last 5 minutes so let me give an interview and mouth off about something that may or may not be based in scientific evidence and may or may not be the opposite of what I said 2 months ago but it doesn’t matter because the masses will eagerly deepthroat whatever bullshite I tell them to”
Posted on 8/14/20 at 1:56 pm to Crimson Wraith
If you want two opinions on the Coronavirus, just ask Fauci twice.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 1:58 pm to Crimson Wraith
The man is an arse hat.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 1:58 pm to Crimson Wraith
This has been known for a while.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:04 pm to Crimson Wraith
Hmm... running a temperature.
Pop some Tylenol, temperature magically in the safe zone by the time one arrives at, school, work, airport, restaurant, etc.
Pop some Tylenol, temperature magically in the safe zone by the time one arrives at, school, work, airport, restaurant, etc.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:24 pm to Crimson Wraith
has this old f-ck said anything positive since march
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:26 pm to Crimson Wraith
There’s not one single thing these mother fricking idiots have not completely changed their “expert guidance” on since March.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:28 pm to Crimson Wraith
Fauci is a little greaseball with an agenda.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:29 pm to crewdepoo
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This has been known for a while.
Yes it has. Temp plus Pulse Oximeter is best practice.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:30 pm to Crimson Wraith
Who care what he says at this point.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:33 pm to Crimson Wraith
They just have no idea what they’re doing. The guidance from these bunch of bozos changes weekly
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:33 pm to Crimson Wraith
Said this like 3 months ago.
The infrared thermometers are awful. Clocked me at 93 one day before going into work
Everything currently happening just shows how incredibly stupid our elected leaders are
The infrared thermometers are awful. Clocked me at 93 one day before going into work
Everything currently happening just shows how incredibly stupid our elected leaders are
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:46 pm to Crimson Wraith
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We have found at NIH that it is much, much better to just question people when they come in and save the time, because temperatures are notoriously inaccurate many times,
What question do they ask to stop the asymptomatic people from entering?
This post was edited on 8/14/20 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 8/14/20 at 2:53 pm to Crimson Wraith
Fauci is useless.....make a monument to him at some obscure park in DC or NYC and let's get moving again
Posted on 8/14/20 at 3:00 pm to Crimson Wraith
So things that have been known for long spans of time only become worthwhile facts whenever that guy says them?
Posted on 8/14/20 at 3:01 pm to Crimson Wraith
I could have told you that two months ago when my residents caught the virus from multiple staff members.
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