The sensible people I know (including me) are already still sticking to the initial lockdown regardless of the feckless advice from our failed government.
Contact Tracing: Will You Self Isolate? (and related discussion)
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What if you got minimum wage?
crossthebreeze
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Plenty of people who have to go into work - and this will increase, plus people who do unpaid care for someone that don't live with them, etc.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yeah I was thinking this. Most people contacted will be very likely to know already or at least be able to guess why they had been contacted.
This is for people who are meeting people they know then?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Trust is a big issue here. Thinking about myself, if I were contacted today, there are only two possible people it could have been, both of whose phone numbers I have. I'd phone them both up and ask if they had tested positive. If the answer is no, I can reasonably know that there has been a mistake somewhere. If there are too many such mistakes, trust in the system is bound to break down.
LDC
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Who has tested positive afaik.
crossthebreeze
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LDC
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T&T was being used in the early days of the pandemic. I know someone that spent an hour on the phone to the team after they were in contact with one of the early positive cases. They were told they didn't need to self isolate btw, so I don't think it's certain, I think it depends on type/length of contact.
Who is Dido Harding? MP's wife in charge of test and trace app
She appeared at the Downing Street briefing to tell the nation the scheme was the key to ending the lockdown
I see that Talk Talk is down. Is Dido Harding still involved there? Or is it just the track and trace app she is working on?
LDC
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A journalist's take on the human side of the system
Coronavirus contact tracing: My new skill
Rory Cellan-Jones encountered a few moral dilemmas while learning how to trace coronavirus contacts.
www.bbc.co.uk
Are there any stories from trustworthy sources?A journalist's take on the human side of the system
Coronavirus contact tracing: My new skill
Rory Cellan-Jones encountered a few moral dilemmas while learning how to trace coronavirus contacts.www.bbc.co.uk
Looby
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I don’t think they can tell you. Best to take that up centrally than direct it at the person calling you.
Smangus
comatose at a desk
I would isolate , however on another forum I belong to someone was saying that their work mates had all agreed not to name each other if contacted so they would not have to miss 14 days work as they can't afford it. That's the problem right there and they won't be the only ones I would imagine. 
LDC
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I would isolate , however on another forum I belong to someone was saying that their work mates had all agreed not to name each other if contacted so they would not have to miss 14 days work as they can't afford it. That's the problem right there and they won't be the only ones I would imagine.
It's obviously not completely human-proof, but like the lockdown where it didn't need to be 100% of people abiding by it all the time for it to significantly help (I think the Imperial study figured on 60-70% compliance) this is kind of the same. It's one answer, not the only answer.
Am sure the government will provide for them and make the process easy/quick.I would isolate , however on another forum I belong to someone was saying that their work mates had all agreed not to name each other if contacted so they would not have to miss 14 days work as they can't afford it. That's the problem right there and they won't be the only ones I would imagine.
you don't need the app. Misgivings about how the whole thing has been handled, commissioned etc, doesn't negate the fact it's one of the few correct things we can do as individuals.
So, yeah.
…Although, if it keeps happening, like every month or so, I can't say I'll be 100% compliant.
So, yeah.
…Although, if it keeps happening, like every month or so, I can't say I'll be 100% compliant.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
I would isolate , however on another forum I belong to someone was saying that their work mates had all agreed not to name each other if contacted so they would not have to miss 14 days work as they can't afford it. That's the problem right there and they won't be the only ones I would imagine.
And initially that might be true, but I bet if one of them then also developed symptoms and ended up on a ventilator people might have a different perspective quite quickly.
I think I get that anyway.
LDC
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I think statistically the chances of that happening are very small and hopefully getting increasingly so.
Unless people ignore self-isolating instructions then it'll increase...
Smangus
comatose at a desk
Well quite , but that might be too late in terms of preventing others from being infected/or infecting others.
LDC
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No, statistically that's highly unlikely. Especially since we're still social distancing for the forseeable.
kittyP
Pluviophile
Well, apart from shopping I haven't seen anyone since lockdown started.
Apart from seeing my parents outdoors well over 2m apart hopefully over the weekend I can't see that changing.
But yes I would self isolate for 14 days if I needed to.
OK , good.
I will almost certainly do the whole 2 week thing. I have a friend on the 12 week sheltering thing at the moment. If he can do that I can do 2 weeks. I'm lucky in that I am working from home anyway.
LDC
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Yeah, my brother is on the shielding list after a transplant. He's got no end in sight at all, and it's getting really complex as the kids want to go back to school which massively increases his risk.
