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Re:Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgica... by all_blue_chucks on Thursday April 02, 2020 @01:04PM (#22761117)
"False sense of security" is a frequently misapplied concept. Your post is such an example.

Something that reduces a risk (e.g. virus spread) by 5% provides very real security improvements. There is nothing "false" about it. Your concept of "false sense of security" would only apply if someone promised a 5% measure provided 100% security - and nobody is doing that.

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Re:Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgica... by oski on Thursday April 02, 2020 @01:18PM (#22761275)
The “false sense of security” I refer to is for employees who go to work and get their temperature checked and think they are fine since they don’t have a fever.

This is a “false sense of security” because one can have the virus and be contagious without a fever or any symptoms at all.

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Re:Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgica... by all_blue_chucks on Thursday April 02, 2020 @02:25PM (#22761994)
People have misconceptions about the virus regardless. Fever checks are not the cause.
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