MailOnline puts seven thermometers to the test

Non-contact infrared thermometers are commonly used in workplaces and restaurants as a screening tool for Covid-19, but MailOnline tests of the technology back up the warnings of two leading experts who questioned the validity of these temperature checks.   Dr William Wright at the Johns Hopkins University and Dr Philip Mackowiak, Emeritus professor of medicine at … Read more

MailOnline puts seven thermometers to the test

Non-contact infrared thermometers are commonly used in workplaces and restaurants as a screening tool for Covid-19, but a recent article by two leading experts have questioned the validity of these temperature checks.   Dr William Wright at the Johns Hopkins University and Dr Philip Mackowiak, Emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Maryland, say the devices … Read more

Experts slam the use of forehead-scanning thermometers to screen for Covid-19

Experts slam the use of infrared forehead-scanning thermometers to screen for Covid-19 as ‘unreliable, inaccurate and ineffective’ Experts from the US penned an editorial article for a scientific journal  Revealed that the non-contact thermal imaging technology is ineffective  Regularly fails to spot fever and other forms of screening should be used instead By Joe Pinkstone … Read more