App

But though it's a massive PITA, fact is I must have been close enough to someone who's tested positive for that to happen. I could not isolate, and then risk passing it on asymptomatically to someone more vulnerable (like my Mum, who is Really Quite Old now, even though like me she's double-jabbed) and I'd never have known. But I felt the responsible thing to do was break the chain of infection, if I had been infected at all (all tests came back negative, though all were lateral flow only). So that's what I did. It is a massive PITA but better than actually playing a part, however unwitting and unintentional, in someone else's serious illness or death, at least in my book. I have - had - a friend who died of covid; a couple of friends who've had it twice, at least three now with long covid which is seriously nasty though very unlikely to be fatal. So I do take this stuff seriously.

Posted By: Old Man on July 17th 2021 at 21:55:41

Message Thread

This has to stop or be modified before august (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 17, 15:30:16
- Quarantining now and it’s a joke (General Chat) - matgore, Jul 17, 20:02:21
- Pinged last week. 4 days earlier was in a pub and group of younguns seated circa 8 ft away (General Chat) - Saucerer, Jul 17, 17:29:59
  - I thought the advice was to get tested if the app alerts you (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Jul 17, 18:49:47
    - Nah, 10 days isolation (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 17, 20:39:13
      - 10 days (or less depending on date of contact) isolation is advisory - not compulsory (General Chat) - Saucerer, Jul 17, 21:20:39
      - App or T&T? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 20:49:36
        
        App (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 17, 21:55:41
      - Strange, I had a message from the app saying to get a test (n/m) (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Jul 17, 20:47:13
    - That’s from next month (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 18:59:45
  - Just turn Bluetooth off, simple (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 17, 18:01:46
  - You can’t ignore the NHS app (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jul 17, 17:45:05
    - Yes you can (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 17, 20:03:10
      - Seems a pretty pointless app tbh (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 20:08:25
        
        It’s just a tool to aid personal responsibility (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 17, 20:21:37
    - Yeah don’t think this is just advice (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 18:41:34
      - You are advised but not obliged to self isolate. Lateral Flow tests negative and yes.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Jul 17, 19:00:57
        
        Yes it seems that getting pinged isn’t legally enforceable (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 19:05:12
        
        Probably always like this tbf just poorly communicated (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 19:07:11
        
        Uninstall the app. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 17, 20:34:40
        
        It’s telling me to turn my Bluetooth on 🤷‍♂️ (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 20:52:22
        
        It has always been like that (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 17, 20:33:40
      - Minimum 1K fine (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 18:43:43
        
        Difference between contact through app and being contacted directly. (General Chat) - AvengingCanary, Jul 17, 19:04:10
        
        Yep (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 17, 19:08:54
        
        Not that they’d ever know if you popped to Co-Op (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 17, 18:49:36
        
        Just don't take your phone. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 17, 19:02:10
        
        Hanging is too good for him (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jul 17, 18:44:20
- Had first trip (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Jul 17, 17:00:08
  - Aciiiiiiid! (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 17, 23:23:16
  - Back to London week before last (General Chat) - camcan, Jul 17, 17:02:10
    - Don’t see the need to wait until August to bring in new rules tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 17, 17:20:21
      - Probably (General Chat) - MrSpud43, Jul 17, 17:34:17
        
        If they’re worried about people being double jabbed (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 17, 17:37:04
        
        Vimto (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jul 17, 17:45:59
      - It’s like the gov rushes some things and delays others (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 17, 17:20:41

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