Are Scanner Thermometers Racist Against Blacks? CNN Seems to Think So

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A Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a worker at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. (AP Photo)

ATLANTA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — A new study has found that temporal scanner thermometers do not detect fever accurately in Blacks and many Hispanics.

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Woke CNN went further, suggesting this is a “systemic problem”, and that the manufacturers and researchers are discriminating against blacks.

A new JAMA study found that temporal thermometers, which scan temperature via the forehead, may be less accurate than oral thermometers at detecting fevers among dark-skinned people.

Similarly, other studies have found that pulse oximeters may yield inaccurate readings among people of color. That’s because the technology involves emitting and capturing light beneath the skin to take a measurement. If a device isn’t calibrated for darker skin tones, the pigmentation could affect how the light is absorbed and how the technology works.

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CNN claimed that the devices’ lack of effectiveness and accuracy on black patients is part of a “much bigger systemic problem,” and that researchers need to be more “inclusive” when conducting studies.

The story quoted an expert who said: “These inaccuracies in how a device might perform in Black and brown patients are examples of why it’s important for research to be more inclusive and involve people of color in clinical trials for the design and evaluation of medical devices.“

He added, “It really reflects the much bigger systemic problem that we have now in the way we design, we innovate, we develop health products — not just medical devices but also medications and interventions,” he said. “We really need to step up in terms of making sure that the research we perform is more inclusive so that we avoid these unintended consequences of the technology that we develop.”

The study did not analyze the exact factors behind why these racial differences in the accuracy of temporal thermometers exist — it just found that they did.

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Shlomo-1
Shlomo-1
1 year ago

What’s your point?
You seem upset that CNN is reporting that there is a bias in medicine.
We know that.
That’s why these types of studies are being done: to identify these lapses.

Democrats support mutilating confused children.
Democrats support mutilating confused children.
1 year ago

Everything is racist according to the democrats and their propagandists media buddies.

The wording
The wording
1 year ago

Part of the problem is CNN wording in a negative way.

georgeg
georgeg
1 year ago

But if Blacks are included in studies then there are accusations of experimenting on Blacks.

Just Sayin
Just Sayin
1 year ago

What about sunscreen? Very racist indeed!

the facts
the facts
1 year ago

There also needs to be more women and womens unique health needs taken into account in medical studies.

Independent
Independent
1 year ago

Why the mocking tone? Pulse oximeters and thermometers should be made to work on all skin tones.

Conservative Carl
Conservative Carl
1 year ago

Saying “blacks” is racist.

Hillary's wipe rag
Hillary's wipe rag
1 year ago

Oh, studies. Science – studies- studies. Who pays for these studies ? These are abnormal insane democrat Lucifer times.

anonymous
anonymous
1 year ago

I thought I had heard it all !!!!

Gersey
Gersey
1 year ago

The scanners are neutral it is who is applying them who may be not