The English Tracing App

[TheOstrich]

Will you be downloading the app when it comes into use (scheduled for 24th September)? As far as I'm aware it's voluntary.

Although we have a smart phone, it never leaves the house - we have an old non-smart mobile phone which we tend to use away from home - so there's little point in us bothering, but that's just our personal circumstances .....

[saundra]

No don't have a smart phone
Only my kindle that doesn't leave the house

[JanB]

We have a similar app over here too.

But it's only of use if you have a phone that can access it. And like many people, we don't.

[jenniren]

I probably would, but as we're rarely away from home these days it's not much help lol

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[cromwell]

MrsC has a smart phone but atm I would put money on her not bothering with the app.
I'm hoping that the virus will just fade away now; we're getting a rise in infections but not a corresponding leap inn fatalities, which is good.

[Workingman]

They will have to make it law for it to be on my phone. Then they will have to make it law for the phone, Blue Tooth and Wi-Fi to be turned on. Then they will have to make it law for me to have the phone with me when I am out and about. So, basically, no.

I might consider it if I could detect a molecule of competence in those operating it and also test and trace, but I can't.

[Kaz]

I'm unsure, probably not

[Gal2]

Does anyone do the track and trace thing when eating in a cafe or restaurant?

Often they have a (black and white chequered square, can't remember the name) to use, which I had no idea what to do until recently, but it's so easy to do so I have done it a few times.

As for the app - I'd probably get it if I thought it would help.

[TheOstrich]

Does anyone do the track and trace thing when eating in a cafe or restaurant?
Often they have a (black and white chequered square, can't remember the name) to use, which I had no idea what to do until recently, but it's so easy to do so I have done it a few times.
As for the app - I'd probably get it if I thought it would help.

Do you mean the QR Code, Gal? I believe you need a smart phone (and wi-fi connection?) to be able to utilize that, but we virtually never take our smart phone out of the house, so we've always just simply given name and telephone number when asked by a cafe / restaurant for track and trace purposes. If an establishment turned round and said "it's QR code or nothing," I'd have to take my custom elsewhere. Has anyone been to a Wetherspoons or a Costa? - I am not sure whether they are operating on the basis of "QR code or nothing" .....

Some cafe / restaurants I know are going to have to up their game, as not properly collecting track and trace details is now a breach of the law, as I understand it.

[Kaz]

We had to use the QR code thing on holiday a few times, then today at Corretto's I used it again xx