The drones carry loudspeakers which announce: “Please stay at home as much as possible. If you have to go out, don’t forget to wear a mask.”
The drones can also scan car plates and record which vehicles have entered the community.
The drones are also equipped with thermal scanners which can measure the temperatures of people idling in the community.
Those found with normal temperatures will be encouraged to return home. Officials will be alerted of people found with fever."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7960471/Police-BARR...
In my district at least, an IR scan is also required to enter shopping malls, and at least some apartment complexes (including mine).
This morning the nearest Starbucks started requiring IR scan.
I remember reading in the local paper that you have to register with the pharmacy in order to buy fever medicine but I can't find an online source now and I haven't been into a pharmacy to observe it myself.
[1]: https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-woman-avoi...
It will start at airports and border checkpoints.
People also hide drugs to get past airport customs / security, does that mean security is not effective? Perhaps, but it mostly defers honest people from doing stupid things, there will always be people who'll try to get around it, but they're only a very very small minority.
No, I don't. That is just how you're choosing to read into my comment.
[1] http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-02/06/c_1125536287.htm [2] https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1178554.shtml
However that will only give you the measure of a single spot, which could be inaccurate due to thermal reflections, or noise, so ideally you'd want an infrared camera, which will provide a thermal image your target. They're a bit pricey though.
On the other hand, why not just use a regular thermometer?
Edit: for example https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/144388-how-to-turn-y...
First, the fever and temperature increase come after 2 to 5 days of infection (14 at most). So you are effectively contagious before showing any symptoms. This is why most detection measures at airports are useless. It used to work for other outbreaks though (e.g. SARS/MERS).
Second, realistically most people would not want to isolate themselves. They will want to leave China and find a hospital in a neighboring country where they could be treated in better conditions (e.g less overcrowded hospitals, more staff). This is why a lot of Chinese people try to cross to Hong Kong or still attempt to fly to Europe even though they know they are sick.
Last, some people will just ignore the fever and hope for the best. We have seen people arriving in HK from China and straight refusing to be tested for the virus.
I’m not blaming anyone here of course. I don’t think this is intrinsic to the Chinese mentality, most humans would do the same in such conditions: unconsciously ignore the symptoms, refusing the rational solution and putting themselves before the risk to others; because faced with the probability of dying, your brain can make you believe anything, even that your fever will vanish.
This could have been a non-starter had not the Chinese Communist party covered this up as long as they did. That's what needs to change. There might be a genetic predilection for Asians to be susceptible to coronaviruses, but if we attack these things head-on as they emerge, they won't amount to much.
If we pretend they're not happening, one day we're going to get a pandemic. That day might be today unfortunately but only time will tell.
So that's the source of annual flu.
So search on that as a start.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/china-bubonic-plague-ou...