If Attending An Event Where They Are Taking Temperatures On Arrival

[lankeela]

how much difference would it make if you had for example had to run to make it on time, or were carrying heavy luggage? Would your temperature rise to an unacceptable level?

[Buenchico]

Most studies suggest that skin temperature actually falls during exercise.

e.g. from the British Journal of Sports Medicine:
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/26/1/29.full.pdf

[237SJ]

I ran through an airport a while ago and when I had the temperature guage pointed at my forehead, I failed big time. Luckily, the staff had the sense to point it at my wrist and I was OK to go. That was on another continent though. God knows what would happen in this country though as most jobsworths haven`t the wherewithal to think outside of the box.

[ichkeria]

It’s an idiotic requirement anyway

[New Judge]

//It’s an idiotic requirement anyway//

Of course it is. Quite how untrained people using possibly unreliable equipment can draw any useful conclusions from somebody with a temperature slightly different to normal is anybody's guess. Still must "do something, eh." Better to be safe than sorry, don'tcha know.

[THECORBYLOON]

NJ, where's the evidence the folk are untrained or that they are using possibly unreliable equipment?

[AuntPollyGrey]

I have an unusually low normal temperature at 35C . If my temperature read 37C it would be 2C above my 'normal' which would indicate a moderately high temperature in someone whose 'normal' was 36.5. (38.5C)

[ichkeria]

As the question indicates, there are 101 reasons you might be running a temperature regardless of the expertise of the people

[rockyracoon]

On a site that my husband regularly visits, they take your temperature and if it’s a bit high they wait 10 minutes and do it again as they appreciate that people may have rushed to get to work.

[New Judge]

//NJ, where's the evidence the folk are untrained or that they are using possibly unreliable equipment?//

There is none. It is a supposition and one which I reckon is more likely than not to be at least half correct. Even if I am completely wrong and the exercise is undertaken by trained medics with reliable kit, what conclusions can be drawn and to what purpose?

[lankeela]

My question was mainly would the exercise make your temperature rise significantly or would it still be within the accepted level. I realise you may be hot and sweaty but does this actually affect your core temperature?