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Now that reopening has started, temperature tests are ubiquitous. When I go to my reopened NYC office building's lobby sometimes the digital monitor shrieks "too low" and the lobby attendant waves me in. Other times I test at 97.1°. When I take my own temperature at our White Plains office, I usually test between 96.9° and 97.1°. On Saturday morning, after tennis, it was 96.4°. I know very few people whose numbers are not significantly lower than 98.6°F. One person who I talked to in the pool has a daughter whose temperature is normally 99.0°.
"Normal body temperature varies by person, age, activity, and time of day. The average normal body temperature is generally accepted as 98.6°F (37°C). Some studies have shown that the "normal" body temperature can have a wide range, from 97°F (36.1°C) to 99°F (37.2°C)." https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001982.htm
"Normal" is actually a mathematical term meaning pertaining to the norm, the norm being the arithmetic mean (average) of the population....And it should be pointed out that it's implied that the temps are taken with the subjects at rest (baseline)-- ie-- not exercising, eating or bundled up excessively in covers & clothes, nor sitting naked in a breeze or sick.
Normal is considered 37C (98.6F) for the population (bell-shaped curve), but each individual has his own usual baseline temp that contributes to that bell shaped curve.....A fever is considered to be 0.5C (1 F) above normal, and is a flag to look for some illness.
These days, quite a few. I would say most that have resumed working at a business location. I go to the NYC office the two days a week I am allowed in, and the White Plains office the other three days. The lobby of the NYC office has several thermometer stands at which you stand about six inches away. In White Plains we use a portable scanner. Thus I take my temperature every day and in the NYC office twice a day, i.e. when I return from lunch.
These days, quite a few. I would say most that have resumed working at a business location. I go to the NYC office the two days a week I am allowed in, and the White Plains office the other three days. The lobby of the NYC office has several thermometer stands at which you stand about six inches away. In White Plains we use a portable scanner. Thus I take my temperature every day and in the NYC office twice a day, i.e. when I return from lunch.
Thus I would rate my baseline at 96.9°F.
How your temperature is taken will give different answers too. If your baseline is derived from forehead temperature readings, I suspect your actual temperature is somewhat higher.
How your temperature is taken will give different answers too. If your baseline is derived from forehead temperature readings, I suspect your actual temperature is somewhat higher.
How much higher, any idea? I hope I'm not at 104°.
I took my temperature a few times at beginning of pandemic and it was in low 97's.
At local health club they used to do a forehead temperature check upon entering but now it's a wrist check.
Both of these return a temperature around 97 even.
I've heard it's to be expected for older people's baseline to drop, due to thinner skin and slower metabolism.
I've always run cold, maybe because of not having much body fat.
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