The NHS Covid app was a typical government IT project – it cost the taxpayer billions and didn't work properly. The evidence it saved any lives is threadbare, but it did catastrophic damage to the British economy.
Test and Trace cost £37bn and made no measurable difference – and its ineffectiveness was clear from the start. Lessons must be learned from such a colossal waste of resources.
The app responsible for England's hated 'pingdemic' is on the brink of death, according to experts. NHS data showed usage is up to 180 times lower than it was. Fantastic news!
A couple who run a shop in Lancashire are being prosecuted by their council for taking their 10 year-old daughter out of school in the run-up to Christmas. They've started a fundraiser so they can afford a solicitor.
The U.K. car industry produced fewer cars last month than in any other July since 1956 thanks to problems in global supply chains and to staff shortages caused by the 'pingdemic'.
Some industry leaders say that the end of self-isolation rules for double jabbed Brits who are 'pinged' is "dangerous" and "totally illogical", adding that staff who choose to stay at home should be supported.
The Government's abandonment of the self-isolation rule for the double-jabbed who get 'pinged' makes no sense, given that the vaccines don't stop you getting infected. Why not just abandon the rule altogether?
The number of 'pings' sent out by the NHS Covid app in a week has finally fallen but remains very high, with almost 400,000 people in England and Wales alone having been told to isolate by the app in just seven days.
Departure queues at Heathrow Airport are up to a quarter of a mile long, thanks to the fact that 25% of staff have been 'pinged' by the NHS Covid App.
The update to the NHS Covid app comes "too little, too late", say business leaders. Hundreds of thousands of workers are still likely to be 'pinged' each week, meaning the 'pingdemic' is far from over.
