THANKS FOR WATCHING
MIDMORNING THIS
FRIDAY, WE KNOW FEVER IS A
SYMPTOM OF COVID-19 AND NOW
THAT SOME BUSINESSES HAVE
REOPENED THE STATE IS
RECOMMENDING TEMPERATURE CHECKS
FOR EMPLOYEES.
THE SO-CALLED NO TOUCH
THERMOMETERS CAN RANGE FROM $50
TO SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO
WE TOOK A LOOK AT THIS QUESTION
ON HOW EXACTLY DOES THIS
TECHNOLOGY WORK BECAUSE IT'S
ALREADY HAPPENING IN SOME
GROCERY STORES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, EVEN APARTMENT
BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK CITY AND
HERE IN MINNESOTA CAMBRIA MAKES
THE COUNTERTOPS AND THEY'VE
INSTALLED THEM IN THEIR WORK
PLACE FOR EMPLOYEES JUST THIS
WEEK.
IT'S REALLY AWESOME
TECHNOLOGY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
IT, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS
A THING BEFORE THE OUTBREAK BUT
YOU CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHY
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THOSE TEMPERATURE CHECKS SO YOU
CAN GET ADDITIONAL SCREENING
FOR THOSE FOLKS.
BREAK IT DOWN FOR US, I KNOW
YOU TALK TO AN EXPERT, TELL US
HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
IT IS ACTUALLY THERMAL
IMAGING IS WHAT THEY USE AND
WHETHER OR NOT YOU USE ONE OF
THOSE GUNS THAT IS 6 INCHES
AWAY OR USE THE BIG OLD CAMERAS
THAT ARE 6 FEET AWAY,
ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING
IS ALL LIVING THINGS GIVE OFF A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HEAT, THINK
ABOUT IT LIKE A LIGHTBULB.
YOU ARE WARMER THAN THE ROOM
AND YOU WERE IN GENERALLY SO
YOU ACT AS A LIGHTBULB AND
THOSE THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS
ARE TAKING A PICTURE OF THE
LIGHT YOU ARE GIVING OFF, THEN
THEY TAKE THAT LIGHT AND
TRANSLATED AND GIVE YOU A
TEMPERATURE.
I GUESS, IS THE OUTSIDE,
YOUR SKIN? IS IT THE SAME
TEMPERATURE AS YOUR CORE?
EXACTLY, YOU CAN MAKE THAT
ASSUMPTION BECAUSE GENERALLY
YOUR SKIN TEMPERATURE IS
RELATIVE TO WHAT YOUR CORE BODY
TEMPERATURE IS.
BUT THINK ABOUT THIS, FOR
PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE COME IN
FROM OUTSIDE THEIR SKIN
TEMPERATURE COULD BE COOLER.
TEMPERATURES CAN DIFFER ON
PEOPLE, SO IT'S INTERESTING HOW
SOME OF THESE COMPANIES ARE
SETTING UP HOW THEY TAKE
PEOPLE'S TEMPERATURE.
CAMBRIA FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU
REGISTER A 990 TEMPERATURE, YOU
HAVE TO GO IN FOR FURTHER
SCREENING.
THEY CHOSE THE 99 BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO BE CONSERVATIVE WHEN
IT COMES TO THIS BUT OTHER
COMPANIES ARE USING THEIR
CAMERAS, THEY TAKE 10 PEOPLE
AND TAKE THE AVERAGE OF THOSE
10 PEOPLE AND IF SOMEONE COMES
IN WITH SOMETHING HIGHER THAN
THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE OR SO THEN
THEY WILL PULL THAT PERSON OUT.
SO THEY LOOK AT IT RELATIVE TO
EVERYONE ELSE.
WHAT ARE THE PRIVACY
CONCERNS HERE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS
A LITTLE INVASIVE.
ESPECIALLY IF THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS REQUIRED, DO THEY KEEP
THAT INFORMATION AND STORE IT
SOMEWHERE?
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE
TALKED WITH CAMBRIA AND THEY
SAID THEY DON'T COLLECT THIS
DATA ON INDIVIDUALS SO THEY ARE
NOT STORING THE DATA TO SAY YOU
HAD A FEVER LAST TUESDAY.
THEY ARE COLLECTING THE DATA IN
AN AGGREGATE FORM, IN AVERAGES
TO KEEP IT ANONYMOUSLY.
SO IT DOESN'T GET LINKED TO ONE
PERSON.
BUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS
MAYBE USE IT DURING FLU SEASON
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON
IN OUR COMPANY HERE, WHEN WE
TALKED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO
MANUFACTURE THESE SYSTEMS THEY
SAY THE SAME THING, THERE IS AN
ABILITY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE
DATA BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT
IT'S FOR.
IT'S A SCREENING TOOL.
RIGHT NOW I THINK A LOT OF US
ARE PUTTING SAFETY OVER PRIVACY
BUT IN THE LONG RUN THIS IS A
SERIOUS DISCUSSION WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE IF WE WANT CAMERAS ALL
OVER THE PLACE TAKING PEOPLE'S
TEMPERATURES.
YES, IT'S REALLY COOL AND
YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS COULD
DEFINITELY BE EXPANDED, AND
PEOPLE WANT TO GET BACK TO
WORK, THIS IS DEFINITELY A
MAJOR TOOL IN ALLOWING US TO DO
THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CALL
IT A TOOL BECAUSE THERE ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
ASYMPTOMATIC
AND THEY WON'T SHOW FEVER.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE PART OF THE
GOING BACK TO WORK THING, YOU
STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH
SOCIAL DISTANCING AS PART OF
THE STATES PLANNED FOR PEOPLE
TO GO BACK TO WORK.
THEY DON'T REQUIRE THE
TEMPERATURE CHECKS BUT THEY
REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
STILL SOCIAL DISTANCING,
DISINFECTING AND MAKING SURE