NHS app, have you downloaded it

[Cherie]

Apparently they have resolved the issue with it not picking up certain tests :skull:

A colleague downloaded it as she was going to Nandos, and got a text next day so now she has to self isolate for 14 days...

I wasn't going to bother with it if I am honest :omgno:

[user104658]

Apparently they have resolved the issue with it not picking up certain tests :skull:

A colleague downloaded it as she was going to Nandos, and got a text next day so now she has to self isolate for 14 days...

I wasn't going to bother with it if I am honest :omgno:

I have the Scottish one but the situation so far up here is slightly less dire. It's self-isolate for 14 days OR until you get a test, and so far we're not having the same problems with test availability as you have Darn Sarf, so it's really unlikely to be more than 2 - 3 days isolation (less for us as my wife is front line NHS, so we have access to testing pretty much instantly and then it's just the 24h wait).

In the absense of abundant testing capacity, it's just going to be a farce, half of England will be on 14 day isolation constantly and 99% of them won't have Covid.

Basically, a test and trace app is completely useless without quick and easy access to tests.

[bots]

no, i won't download it, heard about it matching people with walls between them :laugh:

[user104658]

no, i won't download it, heard about it matching people with walls between them :laugh:

In terms of the tech, there's no way for it to tell the difference... it doesn't operate optically so it doesn't "know" if there's a solid object between app-users or not :think:. That is a very good point.

[Strictly Jake]

I just dont trust any of the tracing apps. I dont even like location being turned on my phone. I just have a real issue with being watched. Never done anything wrong I just dont like the idea of the world turning into george orwells 1984 which is funnily ironic being on a forum dedicated to Big Brother

[bots]

In terms of the tech, there's no way for it to tell the difference... it doesn't operate optically so it doesn't "know" if there's a solid object between app-users or not :think:. That is a very good point.

a shop worker that has covid, could be wearing a mask and behind a perspex sheet and you would still have to isolate

[Crimson Dynamo]

NO

[user104658]

a shop worker that has covid, could be wearing a mask and behind a perspex sheet and you would still have to isolate

I believe you have to be in proximity to them for something like 10 or 15 minutes so that's unlikely unless you've got a particularly large load of shopping. Likewise, it won't happen if you were to drive past someone in the street (lol).

However as an example, I live in a semi-detached house and it could in theory activate because of proximity to our neighbours through the wall - despite the fact that I can't ****ing stand them and haven't been within 10+ metres of them for over 5 years, other than with a wall between us :joker:.

[michael21]

Apparently they have resolved the issue with it not picking up certain tests :skull:

A colleague downloaded it as she was going to Nandos, and got a text next day so now she has to self isolate for 14 days...

I wasn't going to bother with it if I am honest :omgno:



She can get £500. From the government

[Kate!]

I just got a text from the NHS asking me to download the app. I'm not bloody doing it I can tell you. Xx

[michael21]

I have downloaded the app not for me but other who are in the at risk groups

[Cherie]

She can get £500. From the government

She is working from home so she can continue to work, just can’t go out until she gets a test

[Kazanne]

Ive downloaded it ,

[Dogeatdog]

I got the text earlier but no I probably won’t download it.

[MTVN]

I would like to see us defeat the virus and return to some normality so yes

[Kate!]

Question.

If I download this app and get told to self isolate is it a rigid 14 day isolation or just till I get tested and get the all clear. Hopefully. ?

[Josy]

Nope.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Question.

If I download this app and get told to self isolate is it a rigid 14 day isolation or just till I get tested and get the all clear. Hopefully. ?

till you get the all clear

[MTVN]

What's the reason for not getting it, an ignorance is bliss view that you don't want to know you've been exposed to a covid case? Even if that means you might now be an asymptomatic spreader?

Or is it some anti-government, 'Big Brother' thing?

[Kate!]

till you get the all clear

thanks. I'm still quite reluctant to download it. It depends how long it would take to get a test. Probably ages. Sigh.

[Kate!]

What's the reason for not getting it, an ignorance is bliss view that you don't want to know you've been exposed to a covid case? Even if that means you might now be an asymptomatic spreader?

Or is it some anti-government, 'Big Brother' thing?

No its just purely cos I can't bear the thought of self isolating for two weeks.

[DouglasS]

I’ve not downloaded it but my flatmate has COVID and I’m self isolating so right now it has no purpose to me

[Kizzy]

No, you could potentially be off work for months...Go to work come in contact with someone, isolate go back and the next day get another text... Hang on... Maybe I'm being a bit hasty ;)

[MTVN]

No, you could potentially be off work for months...Go to work come in contact with someone, isolate go back and the next day get another text... Hang on... Maybe I'm being a bit hasty ;)

Would you rather stay in your workplace as normal when there's been a confirmed Covid case there?

Strange all I've heard about recently is how the government has failed in giving us a track and trace system but apparently people don't actually want one :think:

[bots]

Would you rather stay in your workplace as normal when there's been a confirmed Covid case there?

Strange all I've heard about recently is how the government has failed in giving us a track and trace system but apparently people don't actually want one :think:

its track and trace for others that's lacking :laugh:

i work from home and am not out at the pub so it really isnt relevant to me, at least for the moment

[michael21]

She is working from home so she can continue to work, just can’t go out until she gets a test

Rishi Sunak is loving in it :laugh:

[joeysteele]

Yes.
People cannot criticise even this awful government about not putting some effective tracking and tracing in place.
Then not use it once it's there.

This may not be the best there could be but it's something.
So in my view, for me, it should be supported.

[Liam-]

No, but purely because I’m living like a hermit right now because of my mum anyway

[MTVN]

Yes.
People cannot criticise even this awful government about not putting some effective tracking and tracing in place.
Then not use it once it's there.

This may not be the best there could be but it's something.
So in my view, for me, it should be supported.

:clap1:

[michael21]

No, but purely because I’m living like a hermit right now because of my mum anyway

Is she in the at risk group if she is your doing a great thing by being safe

[Josy]

What's the reason for not getting it, an ignorance is bliss view that you don't want to know you've been exposed to a covid case? Even if that means you might now be an asymptomatic spreader?



Or is it some anti-government, 'Big Brother' thing?I don't want it, I've been working right through and we have had numerous employees getting positive results (also had a couple of deaths) yet we were told each time no one needed to isolate to continue working as normal etc

So I'm not isolating due to some random person testing positive that shopped in m&s the same day I did or similar

I'll continue to wear my mask/visor and take the precautions I've always taken

[Crimson Dynamo]

you only need to isolate if you have been in close proximity with someone within 2 days of when their symptoms started

[Kate!]

I don't want it, I've been working right through and we have had numerous employees getting positive results (also had a couple of deaths) yet we were told each time no one needed to isolate to continue working as normal etc

So I'm not isolating due to some random person testing positive that shopped in m&s the same day I did or similar

I'll continue to wear my mask/visor and take the precautions I've always taken

:clap1:

[Cherie]

What's the reason for not getting it, an ignorance is bliss view that you don't want to know you've been exposed to a covid case? Even if that means you might now be an asymptomatic spreader?

Or is it some anti-government, 'Big Brother' thing?

It’s the fact that I can’t get a test...I don’t want to be imprisoned for weeks on end because I just happened to be in the vicinity on the rare occasion i do go out :shrug:

[Cherie]

What's the reason for not getting it, an ignorance is bliss view that you don't want to know you've been exposed to a covid case? Even if that means you might now be an asymptomatic spreader?

Or is it some anti-government, 'Big Brother' thing?

And another thing you can’t get a test with no symptoms so ..

[James]

I would like to see us defeat the virus and return to some normality so yes

Does it drain the battery in your phone faster?

[MTVN]

It’s the fact that I can’t get a test...I don’t want to be imprisoned for weeks on end because I just happened to be in the vicinity on the rare occasion i do go out :shrug:

But if you only go out on the rare occasion then a) you're very unlikely to come into contact with someone positive and b) isolating won't be that big a hardship surely?

This idea you'll continually be getting told to isolate isn't very likely, the chances of you having had prolonged contact with a positive covid case is still very low. I mean I must have given my details numerous times to different establishments since pubs and restaurants reopened and I'm yet to have a phone call :pipe2:

[MTVN]

Does it drain the battery in your phone faster?

Haven't noticed it make a difference

[Cal.]

What's the reason for not getting it, an ignorance is bliss view that you don't want to know you've been exposed to a covid case? Even if that means you might now be an asymptomatic spreader?

Or is it some anti-government, 'Big Brother' thing?

.

People are happy to slag off the test and trace system but not willing to aid it it seems to me.

[bots]

Does it drain the battery in your phone faster?

i heard it was about a 5% overhead and you can disengage the tracking too when you don't want it on

[Cal.]

And another thing you can’t get a test with no symptoms so ..

You can still self isolate though...

[James]

i heard it was about a 5% overhead and you can disengage the tracking too when you don't want it on

That doesn't sound bad.

I might use it to see if I get contacted.

[Cherie]

But if you only go out on the rare occasion then a) you're very unlikely to come into contact with someone positive and b) isolating won't be that big a hardship surely?

This idea you'll continually be getting told to isolate isn't very likely, the chances of you having had prolonged contact with a positive covid case is still very low. I mean I must have given my details numerous times to different establishments since pubs and restaurants reopened and I'm yet to have a phone call :pipe2:

Well it would because if you are told to stay home, that’s when you want to go out :laugh:

Also if I go out to a restaurant/bar I would give my details at any rate

[LaLaLand]

Yeah got it today.

I have to scan in when I go for a tattoo in a couple of weeks I found out today so downloaded it ready before I forgot.

[Glenn.]

Yeah I have downloaded it.

[Nicky91]

the App in Germany works perfectly and very handy to see who the infected person has been in contact with, how they can isolate, quarantine a lot more efficiently

was on german show Extra last night

[Nicky91]

what i mean to say is, maybe this can be same in UK with the app, better tracing system leading to lesser cases, that you can quarantine the right people, rather than overlooking someone who might've been in contact with someone infected

[user104658]

what i mean to say is, maybe this can be same in UK with the app, better tracing system leading to lesser cases, that you can quarantine the right people, rather than overlooking someone who might've been in contact with someone infected

Yes, we're known for our efficiency and great organisational skills in the UK. Famous for it. "Good old English efficiency!", they say.

[Cherie]

Yes, we're known for our efficiency and great organisational skills in the UK. Famous for it. "Good old English efficiency!", they say.

if I thought there was any of that in the UK I would download it in a heartbeat, as it is ...no

[Nicky91]

if I thought there was any of that in the UK I would download it in a heartbeat, as it is ...no

if you think of UK as having a **** government and outbreak management team

look at our dutch hellhole of a government, RIVM and OMT :umm2:

i mean here they are too stuck up to not listen to america's Dr Fauci


and mentioning the ''norwegian research'' a million times (whatever that may be lol)

[bots]

all the apps do the same thing throughout the world, so efficiency doesn't enter into it.

If I were out and about meeting people for > 10 mins at a time, i would download the app in a heartbeat ... but i'm not, so the app just isn't useful for me

[Kizzy]

Would you rather stay in your workplace as normal when there's been a confirmed Covid case there?

Strange all I've heard about recently is how the government has failed in giving us a track and trace system but apparently people don't actually want one :think:

Oh I want it...my boss probably won't.
Can you imagine, I work in the gatehouse of a busy distribution centre, around 400 vehicles a day pass through.
So say me and the other 2/3 guards who work there get a text.
How do the vehicles get booked on/ off site?

[LaLaLand]

My risk changed from low to medium today :omgno:

[user104658]

My risk changed from low to medium today :omgno:

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[Crimson Dynamo]

anyone still got this?

[bots]

ive got the nhs app, not the pinger app

[GoldHeart]

I never actually downloaded the app, was it any good?.

[Crimson Dynamo]

never had it

[MTVN]

Oops after acting all holier than thou at the start of this thread about how everyone should download it I actually deleted it months ago :omgno:

[MTVN]

I still pretend to have it when I fake check in at pubs and restaurants of course

[arista]

I still pretend to have it when I fake check in at pubs and restaurants of course


Typical

[Crimson Dynamo]

I still pretend to have it when I fake check in at pubs and restaurants of course

The old fake number routine?

[smudgie]

Never bothered.