Thursday, April 30, 2009

Western hubris over the effectiveness of airport thermal imaging machines vs. swine flu detection

Let's face it.... the installation of thermal imaging machines in Asian-Pacific international airports to screen air passengers for fever is one measure being undertaken to detect and prevent the spread of the swine flu.

Asians are quantum leaps ahead compared to the Americans in using these US$ 50,000"Made in Singapore" machines built by Singapore Technologies Electronics.

To their discredit... and American hubris, none of these machines are being used in U.S. airports... from Los Angeles to Chicago, Atlanta to New York City.

Nada. None. No thermal imaging machines.

Yet, many Europeans and Americans including those from the World Health Organization (WHO) are poo-pooing the effectiveness of these machines in detecting swine flu.

See what they have to say:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f2748afa0a7f6e5a9ac54f23fbbf5942.41&show_article=1