Ok .. while it may not have been the most scientific and quantitative survey a health care organization ever put out there, (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C3J7DFY) the results confirm what I and many of us have been seeing and saying, 735 responses is fairly significant. I tried doing screenshots of the bar graphs but could not get them into zity. Here's copy and paste of some of the summaries. Back to the Future. The pendulum is swinging...
Which method of temperature taking do you believe is most accurate?
Answered: 735 Skipped: 0
Oral Rectal Axila
Ear/Typanic/Dermal Strip, etc.
ANSWER CHOICES
Answered: 735 Skipped: 0
RESPONSES
Oral
8.57%
–
Rectal
88.57%
–
Axila
0.00% 0
–
Ear/Typanic/Dermal Strip, etc.
2.86%
TOTAL 735
Which method of temperature taking is used mostly FOR YOURSELF?
ANSWER CHOICES
Oral Rectal Axila
Ear/Typanic/Dermal Strip, etc.
ANSWER CHOICES
Answered: 735 Skipped: 0
RESPONSES
Axila
0.00% 0
–
Rectal
65.71%
–
Oral
25.71%
–
Ear/Tympanic/Dermal Strip, etc
8.57%
If you have children in the home which method of temperature taking do you use for them?
ANSWER CHOICES
Oral Rectal Axila
Ear/Typanic/Dermal Strip, etc.
ANSWER CHOICES
Answered: 730 Skipped: 5
RESPONSES
Ear/Tympanic/Dermal Strip/Etc.
26.67%
–
Oral
16.67%
–
Rectal
53.33%
–
Axila
3.33%
TOTAL 730 Skipped: 5