i know its the nytimes, so we can assume american units, but i find it sort of crazy that even throughout the body of the article it doesnt ever say "fahrenheit".
Common sense suggests that living creatures are likely not boiling when they have a mild fever.
It doesn't need to. Any other unit would be either insanely cold or insanely hot.
Common sense suggests that living creatures are likely not boiling when they have a mild fever.