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Schools Spent Millions on Faulty COVID Scanners

FEVER PITCH

Some of the thermal scanners and cameras sold to schools to detect fevers would regularly fail if someone walked in with a hot coffee or after spending too much time in the sun.

Georgia Gee

Journalist

Published Aug. 5 2022 11:53PM EDT

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Georgia Gee

Georgia Gee

Journalist

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