Re:Prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2
by nradov on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @05:31PM
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IR body temperature scanners are actually not accurate, especially when used in public setting like a grocery store. Many infected people don't run a fever.
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Re:Prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2
by m0zg on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @05:35PM
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But they are _likely_ to run a fever if they are symptomatic. And between 100% "non-accuracy" of not measuring temperature at all, and some much higher level of accuracy of a non-contact IR thermometer, I pick the latter. I have one BTW, it seems pretty accurate to me (confirmed with a calibrated thermopair, unless you're trying to measure something reflective or transparent).
Cheap general purpose IR thermomenters from Melexis claim greater than +-0.1C accuracy in the common "body temperature" range: https://www.mouser.com/new/melexis/melexis-MLX90615-infrared...