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Imagine that you are sitting at your office desk, bundled in a coat that you hope will keep you warm enough so that your teeth stop chattering. You find yourself struggling to type out a document that you need to finish for work, but it feels as though the cold has seeped deep inside your bones.

It’s at that point when you overhear someone from across the room say: “It’s a little warm here, isn’t it?” You end up staring at your companion’s direction in disbelief, wondering how they can feel warm when you are all but freezing.

If you have ever found yourself in a situation where you nearly ended up fighting over something as simple as a thermostat, you don’t have to worry. You are not alone in this dilemma.

Temperature screening became widespread in homes and public places in the first half of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people believe body temperature is a constant that is approximately 37 degrees Celsius, but that’s not the case.

According to a 2020 Stanford University study, the body temperature of humans has dropped by an average of 0.03 degrees Celsius every 10 years since the 19^th century. The temperature of men has dropped by 0.59 degrees Celsius compared to their forebears, while the temperature of women has decreased by 0.32 degrees Celsius. This means that over the past 200 years, the normal body temperature has dropped from 37 degrees Celsius to 36.6 degrees Celsius.