Airports in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea use thermal imaging surveillance with scanners, such as the ones shown in the photos below, to screen passengers arriving from Wuhan for fever.

I suspect that the CDC will use similar equipment; I'm not sure how you can refuse such screening.

I travel to see or return to see people whom I wish to see have a healthy and happy life up to their natural end too. The government screening me for a fever using non-invasive means may not do a whole lot of good, but if I have a fever and they want to do a swab test of my nose, I would welcome the chance to cooperate on condition that they stick to the material being used only for public health purposes and such collected material being destroyed upon ruling out exposure to the mutated coronavirus of serious concern.

I understand that some would feel differently than I do about this, but I think it is irresponsible to not consider the potential consequences (for others at least) that may arise from an observed, potential symptom-shower refusing to cooperate when such observed person has recently been in an area with a heightened risk of exposure to the mutated coronavirus of concern.

If I don’t have a fever and don’t report about being in an exposed area or exposed to others with symptoms of concern, then I may not even notice the thermal image production and capture underway. The fever-detecting effort and a verbal or written/entered declaration is how non-invasive the screening can be and generally has been for even Ebola at US and European airports. Without travelers’ honest cooperation in these circumstances,, public health security measures become way less effective and they increase the risk of public health problems (especially for those whose health is more vulnerable than average).

I agree with you in that it is reasonable and appropriate to quarantine a sick person arriving by air until a determination is made as to what is causing their illness and what risk they pose to the general public. However as I was reading this thread I was listening a radio piece on the CDC and this new virus. As of today (1/18/2020), the CDC is still working to develop a test to identify the specific virus that appears to have emerged in Wuhan. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html gives the most current update on this situation and precautions being taken.

No currently available fast test but identification is possible. I still believe quarantine is a reasonable precaution in suspected cases.

Key word is symptoms. However what happens if you have no symptoms and refuse to talk to cdc and also refuse any non invasive testing? Like I said if someone got symptoms that is totally different

I'm not sure what more you expect to get from this thread. You have made an unusual accomplishment to unite FT (almost completely) to reject your position.

Non citizen refusal to admit, citizen involuntary hold. The public's safety overrides the individuals.

So you are saying that public safety overrides constitutional liberty?

A key role of government is to protect citizens from threats. I think the rights of all others out weight the rights of the individual under these particular circumstances. A short hold is a minor inconvenience to prevent spread of a potentially deadly disease.

I could be wrong but bet the majority of people would agree with me in this particular case.

If there are no obvious symptoms, then maybe all they want is a written form or note completed giving contact information, recent travel history, upcoming stay plan, and questions about recent presence of some symptoms and to give you a flyer about what to do if you come down with certain symptoms and about why the government is doing what it is doing.

I flew a lot even when concerns about Ebola, MERS, SARS, swine flu and bird flu were peaking for some of my long-haul flights back to the US and so my flights� passengers got special treatment in some form or another because of screening needs. Unless there were symptoms showing, it worked out almost normally.

Are you trolling at this point? Excuse me while I go walk my pet hippo, I can only do it when dark because of those oppressive laws restricting my freedom to own the pet of my choice.

I got problem with that, specially I feel it's none of their business

No I am not trolling, I am shocked that people are willing to give up their liberty because government says it's for your own good. I feel that less government there is in my life the better

Folks,

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According to the British papers the experts are saying it's useless to screen passengers by this way as they don't know what they are even looking for. They don't even know if anyone infected with this is even going to have a fever.

Do you have a link? That is very interesting news