Originally Posted by
Xyzzy
I've been through a few countries where medical teams use infrared cameras to scan all passengers for fever. While I've never seen that in the US, it certainly could happen here.
Originally Posted by
gobluetwo
This happened quite a lot in Asia during the avian flu scare several years back.
ICN still had infrared scanners for arriving pax as of a few months ago.
Originally Posted by
Xyzzy
Furthermore, traveling while sick exposes others to whatever it is you have. As a matter of public health, you could be detained, quarantined, fined, etc. The decent and polite thing to do (not to mention the smart thing to do for yourself) is to NOT travel with a high fever. I don't want t
get sick, and neither does anyone else.
At the very least, wear a surgical mask if you're sick and anywhere in public. I wish Americans wouldn't be so freaked out by them given the sensible commonness of this practice in other cultures.
I wonder how TSA would treat someone who approaches a checkpoint with a mask? If they said, "Take it off" and I responded, "I'm just trying to protect you," I could definitely see that ending in a "Do you want to fly today?" situation or worse.