04-02-2021, 01:57 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by Zaphod
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From the supposed questioners it is indeed, the argumentative bunch that are only trying to justify their wages!As has been very correctly said by Dido: testing and tracing alone are not a silver bullet.
04-02-2021, 02:42 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiTrack and Trace has been used for years to stop the spread of different infections.
Our system is useless, it simply does not work.
Tracking and testing are only one weapon in any fight against the spread of disease because, as you must surely realise, identifying who has something alone can never stop that something from being passed on to others.
04-02-2021, 02:46 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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Great. I got a message at the start of the outbreak from my GP advising me that I was someone considered to be at high risk (overweight smoker probably). One would have thought that the app would alert me of localised relevant information to help make informed choices of where I need to avoid. Haven't received a dicky bird.So, what use has it been?
I received only one alert on my phone since I installed it about 6 months ago.
On the other hand look at it this way, your not dead.
04-02-2021, 02:48 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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The T&T system has cost a fortune to set up and operate. Would you rather that it's effectiveness (cost and operational) not be scrutinised?
If it's not just an excuse for "bashing", where are the reasonable comparisons to similarly-sized countries like France and Germany?
If there aren't any, why not?
04-02-2021, 03:18 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by Bread
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Is it switched on ?I received only one alert on my phone since I installed it about 6 months ago.
On the other hand look at it this way, your not dead.
04-02-2021, 03:23 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by Zaphod
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I would rather see rational and appropriate scrutiny than the irrational and poorly-timed media-inspired blame-game attitudes that we have surely by now all had quite enough of.If it's not just an excuse for "bashing", where are the reasonable comparisons to similarly-sized countries like France and Germany?
If there aren't any, why not?
Nothing wrong with that, surely?
04-02-2021, 03:33 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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It's turned on. My daughter tested positive in November (asymptomatic, thank god). No alert from the App, even though my daughter was living with me.
Who knows.
04-02-2021, 03:40 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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Forgive me if I'm wrong, but Harding was being questioned by a select committee, not the press.
Science and Technology Committee
The Science and Technology Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Office for Science and associated public bodies.
Current membership
Greg Clark MP (Conservative, Tunbridge Wells) (Chair)
Aaron Bell MP (Conservative, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Dawn Butler MP (Labour, Brent Central)
Chris Clarkson MP (Conservative, Heywood and Middleton)
Katherine Fletcher MP (Conservative, South Ribble)
Andrew Griffith MP (Conservative, Arundel and South Downs)
Darren Jones MP (Labour, Bristol North West)
Mark Logan MP (Conservative, Bolton North East)
Carol Monaghan MP (Scottish National Party, Glasgow North West)
Graham Stringer MP (Labour, Blackley and Broughton)
Zarah Sultana MP (Labour, Coventry South)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO. No. 152.
Originally Posted by Dextrous63
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It was up to her to provide specific details of its effectiveness in terms of cost and value for purpose.
04-02-2021, 03:55 PM
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Re: Dido Harding will face MPs on Wednesday 3 February
Originally Posted by Omah
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Indeed, you are right:Science and Technology Committee
The Science and Technology Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Office for Science and associated public bodies.
Current membership
Greg Clark MP (Conservative, Tunbridge Wells) (Chair)
Aaron Bell MP (Conservative, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Dawn Butler MP (Labour, Brent Central)
Chris Clarkson MP (Conservative, Heywood and Middleton)
Katherine Fletcher MP (Conservative, South Ribble)
Andrew Griffith MP (Conservative, Arundel and South Downs)
Darren Jones MP (Labour, Bristol North West)
Mark Logan MP (Conservative, Bolton North East)
Carol Monaghan MP (Scottish National Party, Glasgow North West)
Graham Stringer MP (Labour, Blackley and Broughton)
Zarah Sultana MP (Labour, Coventry South)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO. No. 152.
Which, of course, she couldn't .....
https://order-order.com/2021/02/02/d...r-memory-loss/
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