Temperature scanners aren’t good at telling who has COVID-19—here’s how to fix that

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Temperature scanners aren’t good at telling who has COVID-19—here’s how to fix that

During the pandemic, the chances are that as you enter an airport or doctor’s surgery, someone will point an infrared thermometer at your forehead in order to assess your temperature. Your skin temperature is being measured to try to identify whether or not you have an increased deep body temperature, which is indicative of fever, one of the leading signs of COVID-19.

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