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What I recall was that a forehead scanner indicated fever, actual oral thermometer did not

Posted by ty97 Oct 30 '14, 07:09

The suggestion was that forehead scanners are unreliable (but I am certainly not an expert in that space)

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I honestly don't care. I want a nurse from ebola-land quarantined kind of no matter what. -- nm - sheriff peggy ann Oct 30, 07:10 43
- I'm sorry, but that's just silly. -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 07:10 42
  - some healthcare workers are voluntarily quarantining themselves - Pippy of the Damned Oct 30, 07:18 1
    - That's fine for them. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 30, 07:23
  - you know what stops the spread of a disease? keeping potentially sick people away from the healthy -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 07:12 39
    - You know what stops healthworkers from wanting to help in Africa? Pointless mandatory quarantines. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 30, 07:24 4
      - Damn, and I thought the answer was going to be Africans. - Will Hunting Oct 30, 07:29 3
        
        Sounds like you'll have better luck on Family Feud. -- nm - All humans are vermin in the eyes of Roger Morbo Oct 30, 07:31 1
        
        Only if it's the Cards Against Humanity edition. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 07:49
        
        African War Zone! Ship of Death! -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 07:30
    - You know what doesn't help? Keeping healthy people away from healthy people. - ty97 Oct 30, 07:17 3
      - Exactly this. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 30, 07:22
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        For US it is, but you are right, there are rare cases elsewhere too. -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 07:20
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      - (great, short and to the point argument) -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 07:19
      - because yes, that is exactly the same thing - Pippy of the Damned Oct 30, 07:18 27
        
        Flu is airborne and very contagious. There is absolutely no comparison. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 30, 07:22
        
        I see where he is going. I've posted my own self about Ebola being blown out of proportion compared to deaths from the flu - Beaker Oct 30, 07:20
        
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        We can easily argue that the most annoying types of people are those who do not stay the f**k home when they're sick... - Will Hunting Oct 30, 07:26 4
        
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        prosecution is fine, but you still have someone with HIV that should not have it. - groiny Oct 30, 07:32 2
        
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        HILARIOUS! -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 07:38
        
        I meant the HIV+ quarantine comment. - Pippy of the Damned Oct 30, 07:24 18
        
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        but the HIV quarantine would have been froever, the Ebola one is 21 days -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 07:27 1
        
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        If they are showing no symptoms, it is in our best interest to fight to NOT have them quarantined. - ty97 Oct 30, 07:26
        
        It's unnecessary and deters caretakers from doing vital work that is badly needed to contain the disease. - loosi at home Oct 30, 07:25 13
        
        I don't think it unnecessary and we can agree to disagree - Pippy of the Damned Oct 30, 07:28 12
        
        But why do you you think it's necessary? If someone has no symptoms, they can't spread ebola. So what's the benefit of a mandatory quarantine? - ty97 Oct 30, 07:28 11
        
        its being cautious. some of the careworkers coming back ( not all) are infected - Pippy of the Damned Oct 30, 07:34 4
        
        The great majority are not infected, so you want to put them all under house arrest? - loosi at home Oct 30, 08:01
        
        I understand an abundance of caution *if someone is contagious* - ty97 Oct 30, 07:39 2
        
        when would you know they were contagious? -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 07:40 1
        
        As stated elsewhere, everything I've read from the experts is that you become contagious when you start excreting a lot of fluids (vomit, feces, sweat - ty97 Oct 30, 07:41
        
        Wasn't that doctor in New York technically contagious for a day while he was out running errands and jogging? - Bacon Oct 30, 07:31 3
        
        Edge cases like this are where I get cautious because I realize I am *not* medically trained, and only have the information I have researched. - ty97 Oct 30, 07:38 1
        
        You are right on the CDC thing - Bacon Oct 30, 07:42
        
        The woman that flew to Dallas from the midwest. The nurse that cared for the guy that died -- nm - Bacon Oct 30, 07:31
        
        HILARIOUS. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 07:30
        
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