Posted on 16/10/2020 20:04
Well, I've just had the email saying we have to register with the nhs test and trace app when arriving on site. As a couple we own standard old school phones which don't have the app facility so are we now discriminated against and can't enjoy our hobby?
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Posted on 19/10/2020 11:23
“Why isn't Track & Trace mandatory in supermarkets?
It boils down to being smarter than any smartphone and not going to places where you can come into contact with other people.”
Hi Surfer, There may be a reason you do not wish to use the app but similarly I would not wish to be giving my phone number to some guy in a high vis jacket at the supermarket entrance with no interest in keeping it secure.
I use the capability of my smartphone to help me do things I want to do, like translate language, record my car journeys, check the weather,bike rides etc.
I don’t use FB, Twitter or other such social media however, if, as I tend to do, roll my eyes or tut tut at something my wife is reading to me she quickly reminds me that as far as she is concerned FB is no worse than that “caravan thingy you use”.
Posted on 19/10/2020 09:27 by SurferThese people who allow a Smartphone to rule their lives must live on a different planet? We both have Smartphones, but will NOT have any personal details on either phone.
We do not have FB, Twitter or CMC on our phones. We do not have bank details on either phone as see no need for it and certainly do not let a Smartphone rule our lives as like to think we are quite capable of doing that ourselves. Generally we both have location switched off. Why would you want to use an app to turn on your heating when you can do it yourself when you get home etc?
As for the Track & Trace app it relies on people updating it that they have Covid19 so if they do not update no one is any the wiser. Why isn't Track & Trace mandatory in supermarkets?
It boils down to being smarter than any smartphone and not going to places where you can come into contact with other people.
Posted on 19/10/2020 11:40
I did say run their lives, not rule it!!!! A Smartphone is a wonderful piece of technology so why not use it to its full potential? I think you will find that your bank account details are not on the phone. They are on the website you navigate to. Anyone finding your phone would have to have to have the login details. Perhaps you have not thought to deeply about using it to control your heating? We have the Hive system and just as we are going away I reduce the thermostat temperatures to provide frost protection. Just before we leave to go home I restore the thermostat to the normal temperature so when we arrive home we have a nice warm house. Spent far too many years getting home to a cold house!!!
The NHS COVID App is there to help protect all of us. It won't be perfect but the point of it is to alert people to the fact they may have the virus and if they follow the rules they won't pass it on to someone else. With regards supermarkets the App measures relatively prolonged contact which is most unlikely in a supermarket even at a till.
Posted on 19/10/2020 11:56
I regard my smart phone as a smaller version of my laptop (or full scale computer if I had one.) I rarely use apps, I dip in and out of things I want to know or read about. However I have downloaded the NHS Test and Trace app. This app is slightly different to the manual Track and Trace used by venues who ask for your details or in the case of CAMC have them available on their own system.
I'm pleased to see Rowena's response but it needs to be emphasised.
Track and Trace is manual and not anonymous.
Test and Trace via the NHS app is anonymous and automatic.
This NHS FAQ LINK provides info on which venues in Englad are legally required to have a QR code.
The reasons that supermarkets are not required is stated although personally I think, as they are the leading cause of transmission they ought to be! (And apparently if you enter a supermarket cafe, it must have a QR code.)
Hope this helps.
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Posted on 19/10/2020 12:01
At least the Club have now confirmed what most of us already thought, that no one was going to stop anyone who didn’t have or use a Smart phone from staying. It can take a generation for some life improving technology to be considered and used by some folks, but that’s their decision.
My Dad was never a lover of cars. He never learned to drive, never owned a car. But by the end of his very long life (no doubt partly due to his overall fitness due to walking everywhere in his younger days) he was an absolute enthusiast. Couldn’t wait to climb in and be transported all over the place, in warmth and comfort. It took time, but bless him, he got there in the end. He did however have a mobile phone. He only did calls and texts, but he soon got the hang of it. We ensured all the security was done for him.
Posted on 19/10/2020 12:10 by brueI don't agree about supermarkets David purely on the only likely explanation given by a GP for a virus I caught was from the "contained atmosphere" in one! But that's my personal take on things.
Carian