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Already in use at major Chinese airports/ports of entry.

In Shanghai (pop. 24M), IR scanning is also required to drive into the city and to enter the subway. The paper says that anyone with a high temperature is held in a quarantine area for hospital pickup.

In my district at least, an IR scan is also required to enter shopping malls, and at least some apartment complexes (including mine).

This morning the nearest Starbucks started requiring IR scan.

Super interesting. Do you have any articles or photos with more info?

Isn’t this easily defeated by taking a NSAID(eg: ibuprofen).

Heh, or a wet napkin, a quick wipe will significantly decrease your face temp until it dries.

Yes, there was a famous incident a couple of weeks ago. [1]

I remember reading in the local paper that you have to register with the pharmacy in order to buy fever medicine but I can't find an online source now and I haven't been into a pharmacy to observe it myself.

[1]: https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-woman-avoi...

Paracetamol is even better and more commonly available

Also women have lower body temperature than men.

Better not run too fast to catch your flight!

Now I'm curious how do security people react to people running in airports. Or maybe suspicious people never run because they don't want to attract attention (and do so in the process)

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