The number of people told to self-isolate in one week by the NHS Covid app has finally fallen after previously rising for three weeks in a row, but the total number of ‘pings’ sent out remains high after businesses leaders said recent changes to the app came “too little, too late“. The Guardian has the story.
A total of 395,971 alerts were sent in the week to July 28th telling people in England and Wales they had been in close contact with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus – down from 690,129 the week before.
Though reports have suggested that use of the app is decreasing, the large fall in alerts has been matched by a similar decline in the number of recorded cases over the same period.
A total of 189,232 people tested positive for Covid in England at least once in the week to July 28th, down 39% on the previous week, according to the latest test and trace figures.
The number of check-ins to venues using the app also dropped. There were 2.4 million check-ins in the week to July 28th in England and Wales – down 65% on the previous week.
A major incentive for having it downloaded was removed following the easing of coronavirus restrictions in England from July 19th onwards, when it ceased to be compulsory to check into venues, which most people did by scanning a QR code with the app.
The number of app downloads has shrunk dramatically since the rule change, while many others will have deleted it amid reports of a ‘pingdemic’ of workers across the country being forced to isolate after receiving alerts, affecting supply chains and the economy. …
Karan Bilimoria, the Confederation of British Industry President, said the fall in alerts was welcome but said businesses were still struggling with self-isolating employees.
“It’s good to see a steep fall in those having to self-isolate, but this doesn’t mean the problem has gone away. The latest numbers remain too high and illustrate the frustration facing firms as existing staff shortages are exacerbated by unnecessary self-isolation. Amending the app is a welcome recognition of the problem but won’t provide the solution,” Lord Bilimoria said.
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Reduced numbers must be because people are deleting the app from their phones – if they were complicit (dumb ?) enough to install it.
friend of mine got pinged, isolated then deleted the app
wrong order you moron!
His fault for isolating.
He was under no legal obligation to do so.
When will we be rid of these evil politicians?
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Has anyone said they’ve changed the app though? There was an update three days ago but It would seem much more likely that people have deleted it. Sheeples might be waking up slowly
Unsurprisingly they do not report how many have uninstalled the app since the “pingdemic” made headlines.
This is in large part a self-inflicted wound.
As, indeed, is the so-called ‘pandemic’ and the casualties falsely attributed to it.
The government have the figures.
Why don’t they publish daily numbers for non-household non-office contacts identified with the app that led to a positive case being found. That way everyone would realise how useful it was and engage with the process.
Oh, that’s right — it is because the app clearly doesn’t perform at all well at identifying risk from covid infection, and it might as well be binned.
Identifying risk from covid infection was never the intention. It just needed to sound good.
“Amending the app is a welcome recognition of the problem but won’t provide the solution,” Lord Bilimoria said.”
Well, Lord, what is the solution?
Because those figures don’t exist.
The app doesnt know who you are or where you are. Or where the exposure happened. Or from whom.
That’s the whole point of it.
Its only allowed to exist because its a location and individual unaware setup.
Are there any people who have been fined by Trap & Trace for disobeying orders to ‘quarantine’?
Are there any stories of Mitie marshalls calling round?
A long time ago (last year, not long after the app first came in) a friend of the family told me of his niece, that got stuck via the app. She hardly went out, went for a coffee or something one day, and got pinged with the app. She apparently was harangued via phone calls, and did receive a bang on her door from police, essentially threatening her in no uncertain terms, to stay inside for the required period of time – whatever it was then, 7, 10 days. As someone who only frequented 1-2 places last year she by happenstance knew the guy responsible for the +ve test, he told her in conversation, that he subsequently tested negative via a confirmation test, and that his Dr told him PCR alone was no evidence of danger or infectiousness. But none of that mattered. She did as she was directed, followed the rules; but the girl’s mental health and employment suffered quite seriously as a result, I was led to understand.
The person is lying or confused then.
The app has no way of knowing who you are, or where you are or where the contact happened.
It doesnt know where you live. It doesnt know your phone number.
If you have to legally isolated or get a visit its from human test and trace and from details someone has provided to them.
But the app cant do that.
My nieces (2) have had two door knocks following return from a holiday in Crete.
Fuckers.
We’re talking about the app. There is no legal compulsion to isolate and the app doesnt know who you are or where you are anyway.
So for the app, no. Never.
Pings. Lockdown by another name.
Red, amber & green. Lockdown by another name.
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Given not one person ever has had to legally isolate by the app all these people doing so are doing it deliberately.
Presumably to get 10 days off work.
They’re choosing to do it with absolutely no compulsion to do so even if they do use the app.
Given the excessive amount of ‘sick leave’ taken by ‘State’ workers compared to the private sector before Covid, would be interested to know the proportion of ‘State’ workers using the App to throw a sickie
Stop complying. Stop moaning. Start fighting. Don’t ever wear masks. “Exempt”. I always insist (politely) on others removing their masks for me (Hard of hearing) – they have to by law. See what’s happening in Australia. It’s coming here soon if we don’t stop it now. Don’t ever stop using problematic stores, services or businesses. Use them more often! Any problems – Complain directly to the manager in person (maskless of course) – then send letters to head office – don’t give in to negativity. FIGHT. BACK. BETTER. All the resources you need: https://www.LCAHub.org/
Please people delete these apps. When things make no sense, we must stick to our own beliefs. This app is nonsense.
Why are these f…wits still using the app? Don’t you morons.