It appears that the NHS Covid-19 app can give 1 in 3 false positives due to bluetooth signal problems. This is going to distance us further from the truth than from a real virus.
Bearing in mind that false positives from tests are at least 80% - and maybe 90% - the chances of a real proximity are between 2/3 * 1/5 and 2/3*1/10 or between 1 in 7.5 and 1 in 15.
We will be required to self-isolate on these odds!
It appears that the NHS Covid-19 app can give 1 in 3 false positives due to bluetooth signal problems. This is going to distance us further from the truth than from a real virus.
Bearing in mind that false positives from tests are at least 80% - and maybe 90% - the chances of a real proximity are between 2/3 * 1/5 and 2/3*1/10 or between 1 in 7.5 and 1 in 15.
We will be required to self-isolate on these odds!
The other points that I missed are
1) there is no provision for whether there was mask wearing or other objects of separation
2) it is not known whether the other person was infectious etc.
In fact, come to think of it, this could lead to us all being locked-up within a few weeks - even those who have to police us! I am not joking - this could go, er, viral!
And imagine a full bus going through high street when people walking around. Next day the city centre will be empty because everyone would receive a notification. Best is to not download it at all, and get rid of our smartphones. Replace them with some cheap crap with buttons.
And imagine a full bus going through high street when people walking around. Next day the city centre will be empty because everyone would receive a notification. Best is to not download it at all, and get rid of our smartphones. Replace them with some cheap crap with buttons.
Yes, but here is a revolutionary thought. How about getting the app, encouraging others to do so and mixing with everyone as much as one possibly can? The whole system would clog up so quickly, it would expose it for what a fiasco it is.
Nobody would die or be hurt. There would be a short, sharp shock followed by a new dawn. This is satyagraha - grasping at truth - in action. It may be the only way to demonstrate the truth as rational argument is not having much success.
Blimey, I am even tempted to download the app myself!
And imagine a full bus going through high street when people walking around. Next day the city centre will be empty because everyone would receive a notification. Best is to not download it at all, and get rid of our smartphones. Replace them with some cheap crap with buttons.
Yes, but here is a revolutionary thought. How about getting the app, encouraging others to do so and mixing with everyone as much as one possibly can? The whole system would clog up so quickly, it would expose it for what a fiasco it is.
Nobody would die or be hurt. There would be a short, sharp shock followed by a new dawn. This is satyagraha - grasping at truth - in action. It may be the only way to demonstrate the truth as rational argument is not having much success.
Blimey, I am even tempted to download the app myself!
It does sound tempting indeed, but what if...
Quiet big group will get notification to self-isolate. Because it would be big cluster of people from one place such as a town, it might trigger a very tough response from government. Health officials and maybe some law enforcement officers on the case, exercising the coronavirus act and detaining people and their kids for mass testing. Maybe it would even trigger the whole town to be under the lockdown and they will try to take a credit of how efficiently they tackling the outbreak that just happened while the put everyone under house arrest and those who won't comply will get detain for as much as they want to detain them for. That powers are explained in coronavirus act - pretty scary stuff.
Also when I think about it further it actually might reassure those who really believe in this, that it is real and government doing everything what they can to protect everyone.
