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FEVER PITCH
Some of the thermal scanners and cameras sold to schools to detect fevers would regularly fail if someone walked in with a hot coffee or after spending too much time in the sun.
Georgia Gee is a British investigative journalist based in New York. She has previously written for newsrooms including USA Today and Slate. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, formerly working with their Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism.
Some of the thermal scanners and cameras sold to schools to detect fevers would regularly fail if someone walked in with a hot coffee or after spending too much time in the sun.