Why not check temperature in schools?

[notevenat20]

Does anyone know why routine temperature checks are not being suggested by schools? It seems a cheap and easy step that could help. I am thinking non-contact infrared thermometers as is common in other countries.

@AlphabetDinosaur

The school my children go to (and all in this country) are required to check each child's temperature before they are allowed into the school. At our school they are checking temperature as you go through the school gates. They have 4 'entry lanes' and each one will have someone checking the temperature. You are also meant to check your child's temperature before taking them to school. Anyone with a temperature will be placed in a waiting area and their temperature re checked after 10 minutes to account for people rushing to school etc. If it's still high you get sent home.

That's sensible they are waiting.

My mum has cancer and had to go for blood test at hospital during heatwave.

She showed a temp and so they told her to stand outside in shade and retest.

It was fine.

I think this would work best if you know your child’s normal temperature, like you do with a peak flow, so you can tell fluctuations. It’s no good just randomly taking a temperature surely because people present differently at different temps.

So I know my normal temperature is about 36.1-.4 and I know this because I often just take it as a baseline when I feel well. Yesterday I felt really ill and awful and my temp went up to 37.2, then went up to 37.7.

Now COVID guidelines say that 38 is a temperature but for me, I physically had a temperature at 37.2 because I felt so unwell with it (cold, chills, shivers, exhausted, aching etc) and it was above my normal baseline temperature and continued to rise even though it never went to 38. I felt better this morning and it’s 36.1

The school my children go to (and all in this country) are required to check each child's temperature before they are allowed into the school

That's really interesting! Which country?