White House does not commit to temperature checks in meeting with U.S. airlines

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS JUNE 26, 2020 / 7:39 PM / UPDATED 19 HOURS AGO

White House does not commit to temperature checks in meeting with U.S. airlines

David Shepardson, Tracy Rucinski
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WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Top U.S. airline executives met on Friday with Vice President Mike Pence and other senior administration officials but did not come away with any commitments from the White House on mandating temperature checks for airline passengers.

Pence met with the chief executives of United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, JetBlue Airways and the president of Southwest Airlines at the White House alongside Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) director Mark Redfield, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and other officials.

Airlines want the U.S. government to administer temperature checks to all passengers in a bid to reassure the public.

The Trump administration is open to the idea of having the Transportation Security Administration conduct the tests, but there are still many unanswered questions, including what would happen to passengers who had high fevers and were denied boarding and how to pay for the screening.

Major airlines on Thursday said they would refund air fares to passengers denied boarding if the government conducted tests.

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[soothsayer]

1. What happened to the feverish at the rally?

[EarlG]

2. The temperature checks are pointless anyway

Researchers estimate that 25-80% of people infected with coronavirus have no idea they've got it, and don't exhibit symptoms while they're infectious.

"Airlines want the U.S. government to administer temperature checks to all passengers in a bid to reassure the public" -- but really only for PR purposes, not because it will actually do anything to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

This is why mask-wearing is so important -- to reduce the chance that someone who is unknowingly infected will pass it on to other people.

[qazplm135]

3. I may, or may not, have it right now

I had several days of a tight chest, very mild nausea and stomach pains, but no fever, no cough, no congestion.

It's mostly gone away now, and it could be something else. It could also be COVID as those are some of the MANY varied symptoms.

Without getting a test, I can't know for sure. If I do, just doing a temp check is not going to reveal anything.

I'm already going to quarantine now for two weeks and just assume I have it, just to be safe to other people.