23-04-2020, 06:21 PM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
Originally Posted by Rhian
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It wouldn't tell you who you should be isolating from because it would be telling you you should self-isolate for 7 days (or get tested and act according to result)
Originally Posted by Rhian
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I didn't think it was so comlicated!
23-04-2020, 06:23 PM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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We do not need to know who it is, just that we need to be careful.
23-04-2020, 07:13 PM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
Originally Posted by Tachyon
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We're being careful anyway. It's the default behaviour these days. The app adds nothing really that we aren't already doing.
I agree. Of course we are and I said the same about 90 posts ago!
23-04-2020, 07:18 PM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
My daughter bought me a cheap Alcatel phone a long time ago, purely because my very old 'dumb' phone was impractical for her to keep in touch with me while she was abroad. The Alcatel had hissy fits whenever it was time for WhatsApp updates. The phone hadn't the capacity for it or something like that. I've not used it or had it on for 6/8 mths maybe more.Instead I went and bought another 'dumb' phone, costing £20 - another PAYG. It doesn't have the capacity to do 'stuff' which was all I want. It's for emergencies only and the odd texting.
I'm the old school - I'm in control, no-one else. So, no, even if my phone was good enough to have the capacity (or whatever the phrase is), I don't want to know. I'll find out the usual way if I've caught it or been in contact with anyone who has it.
For me, Big Brother can go and get stuffed.
23-04-2020, 08:25 PM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
Originally Posted by Twink55
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I heard somebody, who is an authority on viruses, saying that they do not yet have any idea whether those, who have been infected, will be immune to catching it again.If the story about China, making this virus so it can be caught by humans, is correct I suspect it will need a lot of testing to check whether we can develop an immunity to it by using anti toxins that are created by our white blood cells.
Vaccinations against measles and mumps etc, didn't stop you from catching them, but the consequences were negligable compared to someone who had not been vaccinated, where simple infections could be life threatening.
23-04-2020, 09:42 PM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Nah - those days are long past. It's that I value my privacy.
When I am hanging out on the computer, I put my phone right under the monitor. When the tower pings the phone, and the phone responds, I can pick it up as interference on my speakers. I also get the same interference a couple of seconds before the phone rings when someone calls it.
If you are expecting any privacy in this age, you may not be paying close enough attention.
23-04-2020, 10:01 PM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
Originally Posted by Twink55
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I heard somebody, who is an authority on viruses, saying that they do not yet have any idea whether those, who have been infected, will be immune to catching it again.If the story about China, making this virus so it can be caught by humans, is correct I suspect it will need a lot of testing to check whether we can develop an immunity to it by using anti toxins that are created by our white blood cells.
I heard that too, Twink.
They do not know for sure yet, it's too early.
24-04-2020, 07:36 AM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
HiWe are still finding out about this virus.
Some Countries who are well ahead of the UK have found that some can be reinfected.
Why is still a mystery.
We will beat this, humans are incredibly adaptive.
When and how has yet to be decided.
We have a number of severe infections which have caused mass extinctions.
The Black Death and Spanish Flu are two examples.
Be positive, we will survive this.
24-04-2020, 08:15 AM
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Re: Contact Tracing on smartphones
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Surely Twink, it doesn't take an expert in viruses to realise that if someone has recovered from the virus then their body has solved the puzzle and found a solution. Nobody is saying that they can't catch it again, but their immune system will be fore armed.Vaccinations against measles and mumps etc, didn't stop you from catching them, but the consequences were negligable compared to someone who had not been vaccinated, where simple infections could be life threatening.
The report I heard was that China managed to change the virus, which usually attacks bats, and experimented to make sure that Humans could catch it. Apparently the original cells would not have been able to attach themselves to humans, but after these experiments they can now.
If they can change a virus, we have no idea what other changes they have made &, if it was designed to attack humans, what did they intend to do with it?
A virus expert will probably know more than us about this so I accept what he said.
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