Randy
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If it's the same app I think this is I've been using it since nearly day 1.
If it's the same app I think this is I've been using it since nearly day 1.
That's possible with antigen test kits but it sounds like it's still 4-6 months away at best, according to the article below.
Rapid home CoVid-19 tests could take months
The FDA announced that it has issued an emergency authorization for a new coronavirus screening, called an antigen test, that is conducted by a nasal swab and can quickly detect proteins found on or within the virus.
The antigen test, manufactured by Quidel Corp., can produce diagnostic results within minutes. The FDA said in a news release that the test is “important in the overall response” against the virus because it can be produced at a lower cost than other tests and can “potentially scale to test millions of Americans per day” once other manufacturers enter the market.
I haven't seen anything saying immunity should only last 6 months. I've seen various different estimates of how long it might last, with most of the virologists and epidemiologists I've seen, plumping for an immune response that would confer effective protection for something up to two years, on the basis that this appears to be the case for the two closest other coronaviruses, SARS & MERS.I am interested to know why should immunity only last 6 months? what is the evidence for this? (and I know there is no current conclusive evidence for immunity or non-immunity)
Spanish flu virus immunity lasted for ever didn't it? other wise major outbreaks would have kept re/occurring after 1920.
The tories have deliberately practiced cronyism with this app. Making money from misery, but hey we already knew that.
Yes there is some evidence to suggest Marc Warnes company Faculty have a hand in this : https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/06/...tica-will-configure-nhsx-contact-tracing-app/What evidence do you have for this statement?
I understand the app has been developed by NHSX and despite a fair bit of searching the only company I can find referenced to have assisted is VMware Pivotal Labs. Do they have a connection to the tories or someone within government?
Yes there is some evidence to suggest Marc Warnes company Faculty have a hand in this : https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/06/...tica-will-configure-nhsx-contact-tracing-app/
The assertion that the data is private is also a bit iffy as what is proposed is a centralised cloud data store.
Both Apple and Google will not allow the app to be installed and function on their phones due to privacy issues. I could go on, but you get the picture.
For those interested search for uk tracing app scope creep and you will find some disturbing possibilities.
Did I read somewhere that Apple and Google were developing a rival app?Both Apple and Google will not allow the app to be installed and function on their phones due to privacy issues. I could go on, but you get the picture.
Otto you are correct, but the policy around bluetooth has been the case for quite a few years so it is not related with commercial competition.Did I read somewhere that Apple and Google were developing a rival app?
Welcome to the debate cooper. Attack the content not the source! The facts are easily verifiable.Correct they are so it’s within their interest not to allow it.
secondly it comes as no surprise it’s the bylinetimes that the poster has linked. It’s a crackpot conspiracy anti Tory website therefore perfect for the tin foiled hat brigade
Yup BoroBosco because they were not the best people to provide the data analysis. This didn't, as far as I can see, go to tender. I am not even sure your response forms an argument, does it?So three Faculty employees, along with 18 other people from other outfits such as IBM and the Welcome Trust, were involved in the modeling by Oxford University to assess the effectiveness of using a contact tracing app in the fight against Covid-19. That's what you class as "Making money from misery "?
Yup BoroBosco because they were not the best people to provide the data analysis. This didn't, as far as I can see, go to tender. I am not even sure your response forms an argument, does it?
Artie, that may be true, but you can mitigate this by allowing users to control how and when their data is shared. The current government app doesn't do that. It stores the data in a shared cloud infra.from a good friend in the industry, tendering may have been a fruitless endeavour, even if given the opportunity he would not have submitted a tender regardless of how high profile and potentially lucrative the contract may have been. It was regarded by some to be a poisoned chalice on the basis that the fears of the public over both security and use of the information gathered outside the scope of an app being for just track, trace and test could be hugely damaging as a business to have this project in your portfolio
Sherrif that is not what happens with google or apple. You can select to have the data stored only on your phone.The really scary thing is that people want Google and apple to have their data rather than "the government".