How Useful Are Temperature Screenings for Covid?

Temperature screening has become a common Covid mitigation practice in many settings. But as noted by one of our viewers, this practice doesn’t seem that effective at face value. So should we be relying on temperature checks to help curb the spread of Covid-19, or is it just medical theater that distracts from more useful efforts?

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