Rectal Temperature for Ebola Screening

Can you imagine? Read the last line!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/09/18/347996684/some-airports-have-a-new-security-routine-taking-your-temperature

Can you imagine the lines based on fluid precautions, sanitizing the equipment and a 3 minute 'cook' time? Touchless 5 second read is plenty good enough.

Though unlikely for a myriad of reasons a temperature screening if deemed necessary might well be told to travelers that you either get a rectal temperature taken or you don’t travel. If you are agreeable -appropriate time considerations along with the utmost privacy and consideration afforded the traveler(s) would be of paramount consideration or possibly give a monetary incentive to have the traveler let their rectal temperature be taken prior to their embarking on their trip. Any thoughts?

I would agree that it's not practical for airlines to take rectal temps. on passengers, but in reality it would indicate the true core temperature. I've had my temp. taken with the forehead scanner, and when I got home, took it with my glass rectal thermometer. The scanner read 97 degrees, the rectal 100, So in reality, I had a low grade fever, that wouldn't have been detected by other methods. Using the rectal method wouldn't go over with the public, and there would probably be lawsuits,and claims of sexual abuse. Not only would it slow travel to a crawl, but there are some folks who can't take it that way, due to medical conditions. It's also painful for some. Could you imagine being on a flight for three hours, with a sore ass ? But, with the world as crazy as it is, this isn't out of the realm of reality.

I cannot imagine why.