Back when the UK was afflicted with Hoof & Mouth disease, the authorities at IAD (where I returned to the USA) had those of us who had been in pastoral settings in the UK step into a shallow bath of disinfectant solution so that the soles of our shoes were cleansed of microbes.
They didn't even bother to ask if we were still wearing the same footwear we had on when we were back on the farm in Derbyshire or wherever. Such is bureaucracy.
Now the Chinese have locked down entire metropolises, but they gave advance warning of a day or two, for reasons which elude me. Will it work? "Temperature screening main method used at transport hubs" -- Don't most diseases have incubation periods before symptoms show? Whoa: the Bloomberg story linked below says "the pathogen’s incubation period could be up to two weeks."
China coronavirus infections soar to 830 with 26 deaths as WHO says it’s too early to declare global emergency
Woman reportedly bragged about using medicine to lower temperature at airport’s coronavirus screening
No Fever in Some China Virus Carriers Makes Detection Harder
They didn't even bother to ask if we were still wearing the same footwear we had on when we were back on the farm in Derbyshire or wherever. Such is bureaucracy.
Now the Chinese have locked down entire metropolises, but they gave advance warning of a day or two, for reasons which elude me. Will it work? "Temperature screening main method used at transport hubs" -- Don't most diseases have incubation periods before symptoms show? Whoa: the Bloomberg story linked below says "the pathogen’s incubation period could be up to two weeks."
China coronavirus infections soar to 830 with 26 deaths as WHO says it’s too early to declare global emergency
Woman reportedly bragged about using medicine to lower temperature at airport’s coronavirus screening
No Fever in Some China Virus Carriers Makes Detection Harder

