Coronavirus outbreak

[marinyork]

I'd be surprised if ministers even know how bad the figures ever were, or understand the point.

What that article underplays, I think, is the sheer difficulty of getting decent real-time data. It also, frustratingly, looks at deaths specifically linked to Covid19 rather than all cause mortality - which would make the numbers even higher. The Guardian has access to numerate journalists, so it's annoying that they haven't been commissioned.

Whitty, Ferguson, Edmunds and to a lesser extent Boyd have all said that the data in March had a lot of uncertainties and delays. At comments in times they've also said the obvious that there were chasm sized lack of data problems in January and February.

The data available now and what we can take from past data is a vast improvement. A lot of the issues around that are public information and lack of confidence through repetitive daily press conferences and lack of clarity.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

So what's this Covid-19 doo-dah that's just appeared on my phone?

On Android go to settings, scroll down to Google and it's in there - "Covid 19 exposure notifications". Looks like it's partially installed and has to be completed.

 

[marinyork]

So what's this Covid-19 doo-dah that's just appeared on my phone?

On Android go to settings, scroll down to Google and it's in there - "Covid 19 exposure notifications". Looks like it's partially installed and has to be completed.

It's an app

https://support.google.com/android/answer/9888358?hl=en-GB

First I heard of it but since many are using a google decentralised system that makes sense.

 

[Julia9054]

So what's this Covid-19 doo-dah that's just appeared on my phone?

On Android go to settings, scroll down to Google and it's in there - "Covid 19 exposure notifications". Looks like it's partially installed and has to be completed.

All phones now updated to have this capability but you have to download an app to make it work

 

[marinyork]

All phones now updated to have this capability but you have to download an app to make it work

It needs a goverment sanctioned public health app to work.

In the UK this will be a Christmas present from Matt Hancock.

 

[tom73]

Came with the last Apple update too. It has to be enabled and have the app to work once we get one that is.
Looking at the settings and the info that go's with it. It's simple to turn off and control the data.

 

[mjr]

All phones now updated to have this capability but you have to download an app to make it work

Not on my Lineage phone yet, but surprisingly, it has appeared on a Huawei phone here. Aren't they banned from Google exports any more then?

I've not looked into this at all but maybe someone here already has: could you just install D3PT or the Corona Warn app instead of waiting for gov.UK to get a clue?

 

[DCLane]

Not on my phone as I'm on Android 4.4 and it needs Android 8 or above. I prefer to spend money on bikes and bike bits rather than depreciating phones

 

[marinyork]

Not on my phone as I'm on Android 4.4 and it needs Android 8 or above. I prefer to spend money on bikes and bike bits rather than depreciating phones

Google agree. 94.1% of users are on 5.0 and above i.e. a higher version of android on a recent survey. Although a disappointing 60.8% are on 8 and above for the purposes of this.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Coronavirus: New Covid-19 tracing tool appears on smartphones

 

[marinyork]

Coronavirus: New Covid-19 tracing tool appears on smartphones

Yeah but I want it to yell warning, warning Will Robinson.

 

[mjr]

Yeah but I want it to yell warning, warning Will Robinson.

Not "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop Dave? Stop, Dave"?

 

[IaninSheffield]

Yeah but I want it to yell warning, warning Will Robinson.

Not "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop Dave? Stop, Dave"?

Or how about the sound you get in cars with parking sensors?
Beep beep beep beep beep beep beepbeepbeep

 

[Rocky]

Just in case we thought Covid was going away, the WHO report that there were 150,000 new cases (reported) yesterday across the world. That’s the highest figure so far.

 

[tom73]

Just in time for this week's next episode of mixed messages. When the distancing official/effectively end and we move to full out business as normal. But never fear "say alert" and nothing will go wrong