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If you’re taking your temperature because of the coronavirus, 98.6 isn’t the normal body temperature anymore
The Seattle Times ^ | March 17, 2020 at 2:34 am | Kate Thayer

Posted on 03/17/2020 9:42:24 PM PDT by steve86

CHICAGO — For centuries, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit was said to be the average, normal body temperature. It’s not.

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To: steve86

Then I want a refund on that $6 digital Rexall thermometer I bought at Dollar General last month, because it’s calibrated wrong! I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!


21 posted on 03/17/2020 9:59:27 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: steve86

Oh great! Let’s give everyone another reason to panic. Now the cutoff for testing is gonna be 99.5 instead of over 100.


22 posted on 03/17/2020 10:00:01 PM PDT by Shethink13 (there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
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To: dp0622
Everyone is different.

I'm pretty sure 98.6 is still normal for some.

Yeah, the doctor should have given you at least one sentence to
that effect.

23 posted on 03/17/2020 10:00:48 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hi! My name is Larry, and I'm a COVID-19FearPhobicAholic. Hi Larry, welcome. We've been there.)
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To: steve86

So let’s just call it 98. Simple enough and close enough to diagnose the sick.


24 posted on 03/17/2020 10:01:25 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: Revolutionary

Yep, I am also at that number normally. I always thought it was a little too low. Guess not.


25 posted on 03/17/2020 10:03:06 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: headstamp 2

[The erf has a fevah.]

And there’s only one cure for it! (a rare moment when they were actually funny)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s


26 posted on 03/17/2020 10:03:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: funfan

CDC says call if greatercthan 99.0


27 posted on 03/17/2020 10:04:38 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: fidelis

That was a real blast from the past. Thanks.


28 posted on 03/17/2020 10:06:06 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: usafa92

Everything they tie to glowbull warming and Trump.


29 posted on 03/17/2020 10:07:04 PM PDT by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
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To: Beowulf9

Correct.

People, along with all animals and living things, all have a range of temperatures considered to be ‘normal’.

I have always run 1 degree lower than 98.6 for example.


30 posted on 03/17/2020 10:09:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I was very much a hypochondriac at one time in my life.

Now i’m 7 years behind on a follow up colonoscopy because a 3cm polyp was removed and 6 years behind on a follow up endoscopy because pre cancerous cells were scraped off my esophagus during the procedure.

They’re way down on my list of things to do. Of course the top of the list possibly won’t matter :)

Talk about extremes :)


31 posted on 03/17/2020 10:10:01 PM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: TexasGator

Thank you.


32 posted on 03/17/2020 10:11:22 PM PDT by funfan
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To: steve86
So for us born before 1970 it's still 98.6?

Doesn't matter, I can tell when I am running hot. 8>)

33 posted on 03/17/2020 10:14:32 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: steve86; xzins

I just bought a new digital thermometer on Amazon. I think it was the last one on Amazon that was less than $100. Good luck getting one now. The cheap ones are back ordered till May. I think they all come from China.

Anyways, I thought it was defective because it kept saying my temperature was around 97.8. I guess it ain’t broke and I’m normal.


34 posted on 03/17/2020 10:17:22 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: steve86

Men also run higher body temps on average than women due to a, generally, quicker metabolism. My husband is a Human heater, but my body temp hovers around 96°F, even in summer.


35 posted on 03/17/2020 10:17:38 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: dp0622
Don't sweat those things.

Look, none of us want to do that stuff, but catching things early is
what it's all about.

I really need to get in too. I will in the next couple of months.

36 posted on 03/17/2020 10:18:59 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hi! My name is Larry, and I'm a COVID-19FearPhobicAholic. Hi Larry, welcome. We've been there.)
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To: Revolutionary

Mime is also 96.8


37 posted on 03/17/2020 10:22:33 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: BookmanTheJanitor; Revolutionary

That makes three of us. 96.something for me, too.

I was wondering whether my thermometer was broken, but I guess not.


38 posted on 03/17/2020 10:22:39 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: steve86
If I hit 98.6 I am on my way to being sick.

I think standard came from a German doctor who measured in Celsius. That's why 98.6°F just happens to be a nice, round 37°C. The 37 was the original number.

39 posted on 03/17/2020 10:26:27 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
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To: TexasGator

By definition a fever is 38C or 100.4 regardless of your basal temp


40 posted on 03/17/2020 10:30:01 PM PDT by Mom MD
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