Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by nomofomo2 2148 days ago
I biked to a non-doctor appointment in 80+ degree heat recently. A guy thermometer-gunned my forehead before coming in. I was outside and visibly sweaty, but I still had to warn him that given the circumstances, my temperature might appear a bit high. I don't know if people are really thinking through any of this.
2 comments

Did it read high? I have been checked by IR thermometers hundreds of times and have never tested above 36.9C which seems to be the gate temp around here. I too have sometimes been hot and sweaty and it didn't seem to affect the results much. I cannot even enter my own apartment building without passing an IR thermo check.
I wonder how much of a difference biking made. Generating your own breeze may balance things out.

Right now where I am, air conditioning isn’t common, but it was slightly above body temperature at the peaks of each day (I guess 100F). I wonder how that worked out with scans.