Coronavirus tracking app

[KinooOrKinog]

the concern I have is about things like this becoming permanent.

It will be. That's always been the intended outcome. Why they implement it in the first place is largely irrelevant, they just need to scare people enough to accept it.

[AtW]

From the article:
"But the academics say no-one should be forced to enrol - at least initially."

Yes. but businesses could say: no app -no entry, entirely within their rights

Small price to re-gain “normal” life\

oh btw - Govts (plural) already knows where you go when carrying mobile phone

[Whorty]

It will be. That's always been the intended outcome. Why they implement it in the first place is largely irrelevant, they just need to scare people enough to accept it.

Well it's working if this site is anything to go by ... you lot are all sh1tting your pants and looking for conspiracies all over the shop

[KinooOrKinog]

Well it's working if this site is anything to go by ... you lot are all sh1tting your pants and looking for conspiracies all over the shop

I'm not sh1tting anything. And you don't have to look very hard when you have an open & inquisitive mind. Unfortunately, the majority just blindly accept what they're told & go along with it.

[cojak]

If you agree to install any app such as this on your mobile phone you are beyond moronic and in the realms of compliance sheep mentality - sorry, 'herd' mentality, since that's the word of the week - rather than preventing the vulnerable being infected in the first place. Vulnerable extends to more than just the elderly.

So what is the difference between that one and this one?

Mods: worth pinning this thread?


If you, like me, have Covid19 symptoms, of any severity including hospitalisation, then please consider installing the Kings College London Covi19 symptom tracker. You can report your symptoms and location day by day from a very simple two page report that is easy to complete.

This will contribute to forming a better picture of how symptoms develop and spread directly to university research and not a private company. Android/Apple iOS:

COVID Symptom Tracker

You can't back date your symptoms but if you are keeping a diary you could start from the first date and work your way through day by day which would surely be acceptable. This is what I have done, so my symptom reports are two days behind reality.

Thanks.

Shall I unstick that one since you’ve obviously changed your mind...

[hairymouse]

There's a great article by Yuval Noah Harari about governments using the corona virus emergency to increase surveillance:

Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus | Free to read | Financial Times

I've noticed the BBC talking about this more and more, getting people ready to accept it. I also think the most fascinating aspect is not the contact tracing, but the fact that it can be used to prove that you have the antibodies. We are going to move into a two tier society where those with the antibodies can go outside freely and work as normal.

[AtW]

There's a great article by Yuval Noah Harari about governments using the corona virus emergency to increase surveillance:

Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus | Free to read | Financial Times

I've noticed the BBC talking about this more and more, getting people ready to accept it. I also think the most fascinating aspect is not the contact tracing, but the fact that it can be used to prove that you have the antibodies. We are going to move into a two tier society where those with the antibodies can go outside freely and work as normal.

3rd tier will be those who did not make it ...

[CheeseSlice]

There's a great article by Yuval Noah Harari about governments using the corona virus emergency to increase surveillance:

Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus | Free to read | Financial Times

Reminds me of this quote from B. Franklin

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"

[CheeseSlice]

oh btw - Govts (plural) already knows where you go when carrying mobile phone

What about burner mobiles?

just asking for a friend..

[AtW]

Being safe from Covid-XX is’t “little temporary safety”

It’s fooking health safety matter - fook off with libertarian arguments, wholly inappropriate during plague season