This makes little sense to me. Viruses are different, spread differently, and will react differently to environmental changes.
And I do not understand why checking for fever routinely is less tractable as a routine habit than, say, using humidifers. And distracting from exclusively promoting handwashing seems like a huge net negative, given that we still haven’t gotten people to change their habits.
I don’t know whether I’d be willing to use a regular thermometer every day, but I’m getting daily temperature data as an automatic byproduct of using the Oura sleep tracking ring.
In many ways COVID19 is irrelevant.
It’s already spreading in multiple countries, and is very likely to become endemic.
However: It is not alone, there will be future viruses.
We should be looking to create habits that will protect us from both COVID19 and all future local epidemics and pandemics.
That means habits that can be maintained indefinitely, not short-term changes that are not sustainable.
Things like washing hands and using hand sanitizer and creams are habits you can learn and maintain.
Checking everyone for fever, selling your stocks to buy X is not sustainable, and so these behaviours will be quickly forgotten.
This makes little sense to me. Viruses are different, spread differently, and will react differently to environmental changes.
And I do not understand why checking for fever routinely is less tractable as a routine habit than, say, using humidifers. And distracting from exclusively promoting handwashing seems like a huge net negative, given that we still haven’t gotten people to change their habits.
I don’t know whether I’d be willing to use a regular thermometer every day, but I’m getting daily temperature data as an automatic byproduct of using the Oura sleep tracking ring.