Body scanners and pat downs

[mariness]

I started this blog entry soon after returning from WFC, and then never got around to finishing it (this happens to a surprising number of my posts.) Since discussion on this point has heated up in the past few days, I figured I'd finish it up.

Comments

[hawkward]

What about people who are allergic to latex? Hmm.

[hawkward]

Ah, I see that d_aulnoy beat me to it. I am not allergic, but I know people who are.

[mariness]

Given the number of people on this blog alone who just raised this concern, I'm thinking latex allergies may end up being a larger concern for the TSA than anticipated.

[katsudon]

Where they using actual latex gloves, or nitrile ones? When I was doing the EMT thing, latex gloves were normally uncolored, and the latex alternatives (such as nitrile) were normally colored blue or purple.

I only ask because I don't think I've ever seen colored latex gloves, so that's kind of a new thing for me.

[mariness]

From what other people are suggesting, they may not have been. I thought the agent said "latex," but it's been awhile so I can't be certain, and in any case, she may have been wrong about that too.

I have seen colored latex gloves at the Mayo Clinic, where they did switch between latex and latex alternatives, depending, but I don't know how common that is outside Mayo.