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At-home diagnosis via drone. Thermal imaging tells you (and the state) whether you have a fever.

Torn on stuff like this. Remote diagnosis allows scalable testing of many ppl & saves healthcare workers from getting sick. And tech is amazing.

But, of course, very Terminator-ish.
With some combination of drones and (autonomous?) trucks, China might be able to do a lot of medical imaging outside the hospital.

Alliance says they have mobile MRI, CT, PET scanners and have done 1 million+ scans.
alliancehealthcareservices-us.com/radiology/imag…
Toshiba also has a mobile CT scanner on a truck:
You can also go much farther with "normal" cameras than people think. Here's pulse rate from video:
Combine that with the new Chinese cameras, which have impressive zoom capabilities.

Can be used for good or ill, but if the resolution was sufficient you might be to get the pulse rates of an entire building if they all came out on the balconies.
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