Wuhan is ordering all 11 million residents to report their body temperature every day to combat the coronavirus

Business Insider ^ | Feb 06, 2020, 05:21 PM | Ryan Pickrell

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• Since a fever is a primary symptom of the novel coronavirus tearing its way through Wuhan, China, the city has ordered its 11 million residents to report their body temperatures to health officials daily.

• The aim, according to a notice issued Thursday, is to "completely cut off transmission at the source."

• In the event that a person's body temperature is abnormal, a team will be sent to investigate further. If a person refuses to comply, local law enforcement authorities will intervene.

All 11 million residents of the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has already claimed hundreds of lives, have been ordered to report their body temperatures every single day, China's state-run China Daily reported, citing a notification local authorities sent out Thursday.

Wuhan is scrambling to get the current situation under control. The city, which has been locked down for weeks, built two new hospitals in 10 days each, and schools, sports centers, exhibition halls and other local venues have been filled with thousands of beds and transformed into makeshift medical facilities.

But, more aggressive measures are necessary as the number of infection cases continues to rise.

A fever is one of the main symptoms of 2019-nCoV that emerged in Wuhan in December, so the city's local health commission issued a notice Thursday announcing a citywide body temperature monitoring plan. The notice explained that the aim is to "completely cut off transmission at the source."

[An announcement from the city of Wuhan on Chinese social media informing residents of plans to begin body temperature monitoring for the whole city] An announcement from the city of Wuhan on Chinese social media informing residents of plans to begin body temperature monitoring for the whole city Screenshot

Residents have been instructed to take their temperature once a day. Readings can be submitted over the phone, social media apps, and other means. In cases where a person's temperature is abnormal, an inspection team will be sent to their home to investigate further.

"The temperature checks should be carried out every day for every person to ensure that screening is comprehensive and that no one is missed," the notice explained, adding that this is not expected to significantly interfere with the daily lives of local residents.

The notice issued Thursday says that individuals who refuse to cooperate with the temperature will be dealt with by local law enforcement authorities.

By Thursday morning, the deadly coronavirus had killed more than 560 people and infected more than 28,000 people worldwide. While the virus has spread across China and to more than two dozen countries, the city of Wuhan and the larger Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, have been the hardest hit.

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It's no more serious than an ordinary flu, folks...

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Nothing to see here, move along...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[9YearLurker]

But they likely were contagious before they broke into a fever...

[JonPreston]

flu

[Larry Lucido]

That's going to be one busy call center. Maybe name tags connected to a fitbit instead?

[Dr. Sivana]

They will need more people to collect the numbers, get useful results, and report them as needed.

The Democrats doing that in Iowa should be about done with that here.

[dp0622]

Right here, right now, it is MUCH LESS dangerous than the flu.

Unless you’ve moved to that part of China :)

Too many here lump China and the US in together as to how they approach a situation like this.

Or some just like drama.

At least let’s get a few hundred cases in the US before we start screaming like little girls :)

ciao

[rb22982]

Maybe they can hire the Iowa Democrat Party to keep tabulations for the city

[FtrPilot]

Are they issuing free rectal thermometers?

[RummyChick]

Then what happens. I saw a video where workers were shoving a guy against his will into a van.

So you report you have a temp. they come get you and shove you in a van and take you to a crematorium??? Well... a little bit of an exaggeration but what are they going to do with you

Hospital staff already cant handle the volume

[3boysdad]

+1

[piasa]

Wouldn’t sharing an improperly sanitized thermometer put people at risk ...

[GulfMan]

That will be within the next week

[AU72]

The flu in the US has already killed over 10,000 this season.

My brother-in-law succumbed 3 years ago.

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Check back in next week...

[Yollopoliuhqui]

This police state crap is what the Nazi-Commie oligarchs had in mind for us, and most like by the same vehicle - plague of some sort. Prima Facie evidence for the advantages to human freedom implicit within a world composed by independent nations states. They provide the underpinnings of analytical logic - comparison.

[C210N]

Why are they not dealing with underwear?

Wuhan should require ALL 11 million citizens to change their underwear every half hour.

Underwear MUST be worn on the outside so they can check.

[NEMDF]

So.... they are going to start killing them off, as soon as they have a bit of a fever, it sounds like. One way to reduce the threat of spreading, I suppose.

[grey_whiskers]

https://twitter.com/chaddha_lal/status/1225420707384844290

[Travis McGee]

Watch this video starting at 36 minutes, and watch all the way to at least 54 minutes.

The narrator is an idiot, but the video is beyond belief.

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