mjking73
Active member
Test and trace is a bloody farce. I've had four separate emails with different account numbers for one positive test. And so many phone calls asking for the same information. Bloody nightmare!
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Contact Tracing App
- Thread starter Perfidious Albion
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pb21
Well-known member
- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,684
Yes. I got a similar alert yesterday, one like this:
https://faq.covid19.nhs.uk/article/KA-01325
Seems it's like a near miss and I wasn't close enough for long enough (at least based on the NHS app criteria).
Also the main app isn't telling me to self isolate, which it would if I should, so I'm not at the moment...
Get It Forward Stephens
Member
- Jun 20, 2020
- 36
Go to the app and click on ‘about this app’ and then find the ‘manage my data’ option. It will tell you the exact date of contact.
Similar happened to on Boxing Day. My date of contact was the 20th December. The only place I went that day was the Amex!
Bob!
Coffee Buyer
- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,630
Cheers.
Encounter date was 23rd, so my weekly shopping trip. Visited 4 shops, 3 of them for less than 5 minutes.
So, Tesco, in a mask, no way was I walking around with the same person for 15 minutes!
MikeySmall
Well-known member
Same for me. Last day of isolation today.
Has anyone noticed an increase in ‘Possible Covid-19 exposure’ notifications from the app recently? I had a few of these at the beginning, but I’m now seeing 2 or 3 most days now.
At no point have any of them led to a self-isolation notice, but am I to assume that I’ve just been near to quite a lot of people who have gone on to test positive, but ultimately not long enough or close enough to warrant isolating?
At no point have any of them led to a self-isolation notice, but am I to assume that I’ve just been near to quite a lot of people who have gone on to test positive, but ultimately not long enough or close enough to warrant isolating?
You must go out a lot! I have only been to one place where I have had to scan a barcode (the Amex) since the app was launched.
I haven’t been to anywhere like that, mainly just shops and the like. I’ve been in tier 3 since the November lockdown ended, so there’s not been much opportunity to do anything vaguely sociable.
Just got a ping on the app, so I’m isolating now with Mrs LLF for 10 days.
I was more or less anyway, only down the local corner shop, if it’s not busy once every couple of days.
My next door neighbour had tested positive, and we think the app has pinged us cos of her. We haven’t seen her to talk to for about 3 weeks.
I was more or less anyway, only down the local corner shop, if it’s not busy once every couple of days.
My next door neighbour had tested positive, and we think the app has pinged us cos of her. We haven’t seen her to talk to for about 3 weeks.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 28,272
I got pinged and told to self isolate for 4 days about 3 weeks ago, I'm sure i had not been that close to anyone who had tested positive... talk that if you are in a small house you can be within bluetooth range of someone who has tested positive as it disregards walls.
We live in a smallish semi, so, that is probably it.
Staying in my Jim jams now, for 10 days.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 28,272
I'm in a smallish mid-terrace, I know I wasn't mixing where i shouldn't..... well, take care, I'm sure the breakfast's will be fantastic !
studio150
Well-known member
No wonder Track and Trace were (are) next to useless, they all but ignored the check in data from pubs and restaurants.
https://news.sky.com/story/test-and-trace-barely-used-check-in-data-from-pubs-and-restaurants-with-thousands-not-warned-of-infection-risk-12235392
https://news.sky.com/story/test-and-trace-barely-used-check-in-data-from-pubs-and-restaurants-with-thousands-not-warned-of-infection-risk-12235392
Friend of mine got a ping a few weeks back. She's been shielding since last March. I've been doing her online shopping remotely. She hadn't left her flat at all. Was Panic stricken as believed it must be transmissible from delivery people through walls
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,014
over-cautious approach because of GDPR caused a failure to process data? im shocked.
Machiavelli
Well-known member
I'm a little surprised that this thread hasn't been contributed to for six months, especially given the most recent posts on it, but I'll share my recent experience.
I was pinged for the first time on Sunday morning, about 02:30, while on the last train into Brighton, returning from Berlin via Stansted. There is zero possiblity that I'd been in contact with someone in the UK that had tested positive in the four hours I was in the UK. This is because positive tests take at least a day to be confirmed. When in Berlin, I was with a few people from the UK but none of those have tested positive (or been pinged).
This seems to leave two options as to why I've been pinged:
1, I was in contact with a non-UK national in Berlin that tested positive -- this would indicate that the NHS Covid app has access to the details of non-UK nationals
2, the app behaves in a random way -- not good, as public trust in it is paramount (and that's without flagging up its colossal expense, which will have made a significant contribution to the NI hike)
Anyone want to propose further options, or can comment on those posed and/or your experience of this?
I was pinged for the first time on Sunday morning, about 02:30, while on the last train into Brighton, returning from Berlin via Stansted. There is zero possiblity that I'd been in contact with someone in the UK that had tested positive in the four hours I was in the UK. This is because positive tests take at least a day to be confirmed. When in Berlin, I was with a few people from the UK but none of those have tested positive (or been pinged).
This seems to leave two options as to why I've been pinged:
1, I was in contact with a non-UK national in Berlin that tested positive -- this would indicate that the NHS Covid app has access to the details of non-UK nationals
2, the app behaves in a random way -- not good, as public trust in it is paramount (and that's without flagging up its colossal expense, which will have made a significant contribution to the NI hike)
Anyone want to propose further options, or can comment on those posed and/or your experience of this?