Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

That is the same logic as not taking a test in case you have proof of covid.

This was an supposed issue with the working poor/gig economy.

EDIT: But the vaccine has a tracking chip.....yet forgetting the real tracker....

After having a play with the phone, the bluetooth is activated on the phone but doesn't connect to anything...I'm using an old phone and pyg sim for the app.

So proof of my lack of attention.

Tho I have not been anywhere for longer than 15 with out the GF and we both scan qr codes.

Does it really matter that much? As materials, if the phone is in the pocket or bag will alter the reading.

It is the best we have and another way to try and control the spread.

And your point is...All in caps and a font two sizes bigger than normal ;) (joking)

Thank you for caring. Am trying to be a better person.

Does it really matter that much?

Yes it does matter because a strong RSSI means two people have been close to one another and are more likely to infect each other. It doesn't matter if fabric or the other variables attenuate the signal. If you're close to each other, environmental variables won't attenuate the signal much. Its only intended to be a useful extra tool.

If that graph is representative then I don’t know how you’d pick a useful threshold. It looks like you can distinguish 0.5m from longer distances but there’s no meaningful difference between 2m and 5m.

So either you’re only pinging people who’ve been within 0.5m or you’re pinging everyone who’s been within 5m, both of which are different kinds of useless.

Daily case numbers today have dropped 5% compared to last Friday.

Anomaly or a peak?

Hot weather, no more football, difficulty in booking tests, schools out - could all be a factor

It was just a randomly grabbed example of two devices, not necessarily phones or in real life situations.

So either you’re only pinging people who’ve been within 0.5m or you’re pinging everyone who’s been within 5m, both of which are different kinds of useless.

If you add time, then you can have an idea/best guess.

Or people have stopped testing as it will affect holidays and still collecting kits in case they will be charged for in the future.

https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1418293581673074692

still collecting kits in case they will be charged for in the future

That doesn't affect the stats on tests conducted. Lateral flow tests are only counted if people report the results through the gov.uk website.

Also I know loads of people who don't bother reporting negative lateral flow tests. I've never bothered to report a negative lateral flow through the website, and we've probably taken 20 so far between us. The only one I reported was my daughter's recent positive lateral flow test.

If you want more in depth analysis of cases/stats/etc then https://twitter.com/Kit_Yates_Maths is worth a follow on twitter, e.g.

https://twitter.com/Kit_Yates_Maths/status/1418483565625479168

Prof Pagel (as linked in greentricky's post above mine) is also worth a follow.

2 days since my latest ONS test, I would hope that I would have received a call from T&T by now if it was positive. Usually get the result letter 8-9 days after the test itself (that's fine, it's a population wide study not a mass testing programme) - but that'd be rather useless if that's the first I hear about the test being positive.

I like https://twitter.com/BristOliver as well for straight forward case commentary and analysis

Plus https://twitter.com/ActuaryByDay and https://twitter.com/COVID19actuary

I've never bothered to report a negative lateral flow through the website

Why not? The lovely NHS folk that gave you the tests have asked nicely that you report it and it helps the stats geeks track things and could help develop policy for this or future pandemics.

I never have for mine or my family and imagine that's true for the vast majority of others. The test positivity rate data for lateral flow must be pretty much junk.

You guys are really making me feel better, I have reported most of my negative lateral flow tests but not all as sometimes the website seems to shit the bed plus it annoys me having to report it twice (once to school and once to gov). Thought I was a monster not doing it every time.

I'm surprised that people aren't reporting negative LFTs - I just thought if you bother doing the test you report it, it's part of the deal. Having said that the only reason I do them is so I have the negative result 'evidence' (from reporting it) to take to work.

I'm the only one that ever reports their neg results at work.

I agree with you.

If you are not reporting back, it gives no idea of how many tests are being used amongst other data collection that could help in future epidemics/pandemics.

Whoops didn’t mean to reply to this post.

No particular judgement on the reporting of neg tests or not, just didn't realise people weren't.

Case numbers in Lambeth are accelerating. The current case rate of 664.6 per 100,000 with 2,170 positive cases (13 Jul - 19 Jul) is the 2nd highest rate in London and is a 56% increase in the rate compared to the previous week (06 Jul – 12 Jul, 426.9 per 100,00 with 1,394 positive cases). Testing rate (856.2 per 100,000) is increasing; positivity has increased to 10.0%, suggesting higher levels of transmission in the community.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/24/ministers-privately-worried-covid-19-is-spreading-through-farting-14983904/

Okay

Sounds like a load of hot air