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> I personally struggle to think of any ways in which my behaviour would become less safe as a result of having my temperature taken when entering a store, but YMMV.

Literally the example given--people don't feel the need to avoid going to a crowded, indoor space because "they're taking temperatures at the door".

You may not fall victim to this, but it's otherwise a pretty well-known phenomenon with some research:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/iere.12402

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/260352

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00014...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00472...

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-009-9548-2



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