Thanks, freespirit. I wonder if the lower temp was taken in the AM, the higher on admittance. Someone running 100.3 isn’t “seriously ill” in ordinary circumstances but the presence of a fever definitely means he was shedding or capable of shedding virus at that point, if not earlier.
I have serious problems with the “fever” argument. My normal core temperature is 96.7°. When I get to 99° I’m feeling bad, and by 101° I’m miserable. Yet by the CDC’s definition I’m not really ill until I’m absolutely, positively, miserably sick. Every individual differs with regards to normal temps and the course of illness. Trying to make a blanket statement about a viral disease based upon a specific temperature is a fool’s errand IMO.