[unspun]

How about disposable thermometers, for likely cases? Costs less than hospitalization.

[discostu]

But we're still hinging on defining likely cases. Given a 5 to 10 minute window of observation how do you tell the difference between somebody with allergies, somebody who smokes too much, and somebody with SARS? Or do we just examine everybody that displays any cold or flu symptoms while in line? Then there's the reverse, even the nastiest of illnesses will give you brief respites, so any SARS victims that manage to be symptom free for a few minutes will walk away. It's easy to say disposable termometers for likely cases, but much more difficult to determine what a likely case is.