Contract tracing app

My job involves me going into a lot of houses, I’m wearing a mask, gloves, using sanitiser and keeping social distance. But I still feel this puts me at a slightly higher risk of contracting covid than some, so I’ve downloaded the nhs tracing app.

but in my family I’m the only person that’s done it, and speaking to my customers a lot haven’t and listening to the tv a lot seem very hostile towards it. Am I missing something? I thought everyone would want to know if there was a risk to them so they can protect the most vulnerable in their families. I see my parents regularly and if I get told I’ve been exposed, even if I don’t have symptoms then I can stay away from them for two weeks.

Tell me what I’m missing. Is it a privacy thing?

 

Because they are idiots.

If people are truly worried about privacy they would of microwaved their mobile phones ages ago.

Some people you just can't educate

 

That will be the tin foil hatters.
Too many people are worrying about ‘privacy’ and other people knowing where you are and what your doing.
Personally, I don’t really care about that, as I know I’m not doing anything wrong, and I’m sure ‘The Man’ has bigger fish to fry, than me.
I have plenty of places I can go ‘off grid’, if I really want to, and plenty of untraceable ways of getting there.

 

I really can’t see a problem, it’s on my phone. It told me last night that our local risk level had just gone up.

 

Indeed.. they know a fair amount about anyone who has and carries a smart phone or device anyway

 

Everyone’s a no. anyway. Usually, it’s your national insurance no.
They know who you are, as soon as your born...

 

Always remember as a 9 year old. The day trip to the local police station. All had a look around the cells, the offices to see how it’s ran.
Ended up with having your fingerprints taken, ‘for fun’.


Your fingerprints don’t change....
Clever sods....

 

I've got it, just hoping it doesn't go "bing"!

 

I think a lot of self employed would avoid it like the plague, you're potentially going to have to isolate for 2 weeks every time you fix a dripping tap.

 

Just leapt out of my skin, as soon as I posted the above my bloody phone "binged". Luckily it was a WhatsApp message from a mate

 

Like that machine in the corner?

 

Another thing which does make me wonder though... does the app only sound off if you are less than 2 m away from someone with covid?
So, therefore, they may have it, but your too far away from them to get it, but your phone says you are, this making you have to self isolate, etc...

 

Also, it’s not illegal not to download it. Isn’t it just common sense that if you have the symptoms to self isolate?
I know people won’t, especially self employed...

 

I downloaded it yesterday. I’m not totally sure how it will work in practice, I mean I know “how” it works, but how close exactly do you need to have come into contact with someone to get an alert? And what do I do if I get an alert? Pretty much the only places I’ll cross people’s paths are at work or in a supermarket. Anyway, I’m happy to be a sheep just to annoy the assorted flat earthers, anti vaxxer loons and tin hat brigade

 

And then there will be the section of the community who have tried but can't download it because our phone is too old. Not going to buy a new phone just for this.

 

As far as I can see,( reading the advice on NHS site) if you get a contact alert you need to self isolate for 14 days. Hence am wondering how close your contact needs to have been to trigger an alert

 

Yep that is a real issue. You would have thought they could have worked out a way the app could work with older versions of android and iOS.

 

So anyone who fancies a couple of weeks off on the sick just needs to go to the pub with the app switched on for the evening?

And anyone not entitled to sick pay can simply leave their phone at home.

It's one of those things that will catch only the willing I'm afraid and in the current economic situation they may be out numbered.

I won't be using it in case my neighbour does. He's only 5ft away, what would I do?

 

I'd like to understand a bit more about the drivers and efficiencies of it first, what are the actual parameters that trigger an event, how many people will be sent into 2 weeks of isolation with no justifiable reason to do so?
I will continue to follow hygiene and risk reduction guidance until the app is proven to work, as most large scale public sector IT roll-outs are found to be expensive flops.