[England] Do you still use covid trace app?

Stompa

sheramber said:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/if-youre-told-to-self-isolate-by-nhs-test-and-trace-or-the-covid-19-app/

The NHS Test and Trace contact tracing service has now closed.

Though the app still receives updates, and still says 'App is active and helping to protect you and others'.

cheshirelabrador

soolin said:

booneruk said:

It feels as if it will be pretty ineffective now since there has been a massive drop off in testing. I have it installed - think its time is up now though.

See the earlier post by sheramber

The contact tracing service was where people manually phoned closed contacts of positive cases and at one point if you were contacted by them you were legally required to self-isolate. The app was setup as an additional service and there was never any requirement to record a positive test on it, nor take any action if it pinged up that you have been in contact with someone.

booneruk

cheshirelabrador said:

soolin said:

booneruk said:

It feels as if it will be pretty ineffective now since there has been a massive drop off in testing. I have it installed - think its time is up now though.

See the earlier post by sheramber

The contact tracing service was where people manually phoned closed contacts of positive cases and at one point if you were contacted by them you were legally required to self-isolate. The app was setup as an additional service and there was never any requirement to record a positive test on it, nor take any action if it pinged up that you have been in contact with someone.

Confusion always reigned over this app. From people thinking it was a privacy invader, those who thought it cost £37 billion to develop to those who saw it as an extension of the evil government rather than it simply being an optional tool free of legal obligation that allowed you to make sensible decisions during the pre-mass vaccination period.

Shame really.