Are you Going to use the COVIDsafe App?

[serfty]

I did research this a fair bit and I decided I was happy to:

Privacy Policy

The COVIDSafe app speeds up contacting people exposed to coronavirus (COVID-19). This helps us support and protect you, your friends and family. Please read the content on this page before downloading.

www.health.gov.au

 

[jakeseven7]

One of the cygnets (early 20s) suggested that paying every young person $10 to download the app would turbocharge download rates amongst that group.

How about letting them into Gyms, cafes and bars if they have the app. If not - stay home!

 

[SydneySwan]

How about letting them into Gyms, cafes and bars if they have the app. If not - stay home!

I can't see that working if it is download the app now and then in 3 months bars and gyms, etc. will open. 3 months can be a very long time to the young. If it is download the app this week and bars open next week then it would have a chance.

 

[DC3]

How about letting them into Gyms, cafes and bars if they have the app. If not - stay home!

Cafes, restaurants, bars, yes, but how many carry a phone on them in the gym while exercising in Lycra.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Cafes, restaurants, bars, yes, but how many carry a phone on them in the gym while exercising in Lycra.

I can fit mine in the pockets of my Lululemon tights “All the Right Places”

 

[DC3]

I can fit mine in the pockets of my Lululemon tights “All the Right Places”

Yes, but you would have the expertise to know about such things.

 

[SuePa]

Downloading it might give us more relaxed restrictions so yes, worth it.

But won't that sort of thing, and people loading it on multiple spare phones, give a false number, making the government think there's a bigger uptake than there actually is? That concerns me a bit.

 

[jakeseven7]

For once Murdoch pulling the right strings:
(Yes I know he is self motivated to start generating advertising revenue which has been massacred, but sometimes you have to dance with the devil!)

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With two or three taps of your phone screen you can download the COVIDSafe tracing app in less time than it takes to spell out coronavirus. In doing so, you’ll help reduce deaths and get us back on the path to economic recovery.

And yet while four million have - millions others haven’t. Whether they’re too selfish, too lazy or too ignorant to do a little research and realise their privacy is not at risk, they’re compromising all of us by choosing not to be one of the 10 million needed to take up the contact-tracing app for it to be a success.

If you won’t download the coronavirus tracing app, you’re just plain selfish

We’re all in this together.

www.news.com.au

 

[JohnM]

Cafes, restaurants, bars, yes, but how many carry a phone on them in the gym while exercising in Lycra.

Well, I don't wear Lycra at gym, but my phone goes onto the shelf with my wallet, car keys etc. while I listen to my music from it on my Bluetooth headset.

"Is that a phone in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" suddenly comes to mind as a modern-day version of a classic...

 

[p--and--t]

but how many carry a phone on them in the gym while exercising in Lycra.

A high percentage, in their armband pouch with blue tooth head phones.

 

[cove]

Has a date been set for the app being turned on?

 

[GoldCanyon340]

I know nothing about how the app presents on screen. Is there an indication of how long it has been installed or how many people with whom you have had contact? If not then how would making it compulsory to enter business premises work if all you had to do was install it before and remove it afterwards?

 

[Anna]

Yesterday I finally spoke to one person I know apart from on AFF, who has downloaded the app. Everyone else I've spoken to either hasn't got round to it yet (they say) or doesn't see the need as they say they're unlikely to encounter any of the 7 people in the state who have the virus (it was 12 on Friday, 7 on Saturday, could be 2 today for all I know).

But I've heard some absolute pearlers about the app (not from friends I hasten to add):

- so if I download the app that means I can stop washing my hands all the time and having to stand away from people, right?
- so the app is like a vaccine but on my phone?

So those last 2 comments make me think that the app might actually be counter productive in controlling the virus.

 

[Pushka]

I know nothing about how the app presents on screen. Is there an indication of how long it has been installed or how many people with whom you have had contact? If not then how would making it compulsory to enter business premises work if all you had to do was install it before and remove it afterwards?

The App shows as 'Active' and only when you have it installed. Uninstall it and you don't see the app interface icon.

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Yesterday I finally spoke to one person I know apart from on AFF, who has downloaded the app. Everyone else I've spoken to either hasn't got round to it yet (they say) or doesn't see the need as they say they're unlikely to encounter any of the 7 people in the state who have the virus (it was 12 on Friday, 7 on Saturday, could be 2 today for all I know).

But I've heard some absolute pearlers about the app (not from friends I hasten to add):

- so if I download the app that means I can stop washing my hands all the time and having to stand away from people, right?
- so the app is like a vaccine but on my phone?

So those last 2 comments make me think that the app might actually be counter productive in controlling the virus.

Hmm, I think Urban myth comes to mind.

 

[get me outta here]

They are still training staff apparently.

Has a date been set for the app being turned on?

 

[jb747]

Yesterday I finally spoke to one person I know apart from on AFF, who has downloaded the app. Everyone else I've spoken to either hasn't got round to it yet (they say) or doesn't see the need as they say they're unlikely to encounter any of the 7 people in the state who have the virus (it was 12 on Friday, 7 on Saturday, could be 2 today for all I know).

Aren’t those simply the numbers of new cases each day? The only place with zero active cases is ACT. So, if there are active cases, then it must be possible for it to reignite, even if the vector would have to be via health care.

 

[Anna]

Aren’t those simply the numbers of new cases each day? The only place with zero active cases is ACT. So, if there are active cases, then it must be possible for it to reignite, even if the vector would have to be via health care.

There have been no new cases in SA for 10 days in a row as of yesterday, and there were only a couple of new cases in the few days before that. According to SA Health, of the 7 currently active cases, 3 are in hospital (none in ICU). So that means 4 active cases in the community as of yesterday.

(Edited to update with info from SA Health press release of 2 May 2020.)

 

[get me outta here]

When will the app become active, some thoughts :

Glitch and privacy issues stall COVIDsafe tracing app | The New Daily

COVIDSafe has been downloaded by more than 4 million Australians but the coronavirus tracing app hasn't been turned on yet.

thenewdaily.com.au

 

[TheRealTMA]

Well, I don't wear Lycra at gym, but my phone goes onto the shelf with my wallet, car keys etc. while I listen to my music from it on my Bluetooth headset.

"Is that a phone in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" suddenly comes to mind as a modern-day version of a classic...

 

[tomlee1986]

Downloading it might give us more relaxed restrictions so yes, worth it.

I hate to say this... there is no point downloading it IF you are NOT using it!

 

[tomlee1986]

When will the app become active, some thoughts :

Glitch and privacy issues stall COVIDsafe tracing app | The New Daily

COVIDSafe has been downloaded by more than 4 million Australians but the coronavirus tracing app hasn't been turned on yet.

thenewdaily.com.au

To be honest.. I am not that surprised.. if anyone remember 2016 census fiasco... no wonder that this is a repeat...