What's in my ear?

This morning just before our faculty meeting all the faculty members had to line up to have their body temperatures taken. They pushed a small tube of a handheld thermometer in one's ear, and after a few seconds one's body temperature showed on a little LCD-screen. The reason for such invasion of one’s person? Swine flu scares. Anybody with only the slightest of fevers had to go for further tests to ensure that it is not the dreaded flu. And apparently, many teachers in Korea that went abroad during the Summer vacation had to stay at home once they returned for at least one week under observation. I could have done with an extra week of holiday – seeing as I moved apartments recently (more about that later) and am still in the process of settling in.