Thread: Covid 19 App poll.

There were people in both the federal government and the federal opposition who had not downloaded.
Some said they were waiting to see the legislation passed next week to be sure it really said what had been promised.
One Senator said he was regularly contacted by whistleblowers and did not want to risk revealing their identity.
Another said there were legal questions about if a court order could overrule the Minister for Health's Biosecurity Order.
Most of the minor party people had not downloaded the ap and said they did not trust the government.

One story I read said the ap will not work on about 10% of smartphones. There is also the known problem with iPhones.

Apple is working on the Iphone issue of degraded performance if on standby if the app is not active when phone locked. I cannot really understand this as the reports all seem to talk about possible and maybe.

Seeing the app is not yet live , i don't think it is an issue. By the time it becomes live the creases should be ironed out . It is a weeks and months out thing not a "oh it doesn't work today so I won't download it"

Regards PhilipA

The importance of this ap can be clearly demonstrated re the meatworks outbreak in Vic,....had all those infected, or those who are in potential danger of such, through contact, etc etc, been armed with the ap, all possible infections would be identified by now, and all would have been instructed to self isolate. As it is, a laborious contact id process has to be carried out with the danger of further infections in the meantime.
Pickles.

Assuming no more lies told by the people involved.
Regards PhilipA

At least one good thing has come out of the app. Telstra have, in the last few days, implemented SMS over WiFi. ie. The abaility to send and receive SMS when you have a WiFi but no Telstra mobile coverage.

My view is that by the time all the show stopper bugs are ironed out the need for the app will have passed. Thus far it only works with a subset of phones and the state health depts. have no access to the back end which apparently is also bug ridden.

Allowing SMS over wifi is excellent. Even in Maleny on the Sunshine Coast the mobile signal is really poor and you have to walk outside for calls, but our home wifi is five bars.
I'n awaiting the result of my COVID - 19 test, which will come by SMS, hopefully tomorrow, so enabling it over Wifi is important to me.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

The importance of this ap can be clearly demonstrated re the meatworks outbreak in Vic,....had all those infected, or those who are in potential danger of such, through contact, etc etc, been armed with the ap, all possible infections would be identified by now, and all would have been instructed to self isolate. As it is, a laborious contact id process has to be carried out with the danger of further infections in the meantime.
Pickles.

It's not in operation yet is it?

Originally Posted by Pickles2

The importance of this ap can be clearly demonstrated re the meatworks outbreak in Vic,....had all those infected, or those who are in potential danger of such, through contact, etc etc, been armed with the ap, all possible infections would be identified by now, and all would have been instructed to self isolate. As it is, a laborious contact id process has to be carried out with the danger of further infections in the meantime.
Pickles.

The app is not operational yet. So it would have made no difference to that outbreak, but it would be crucial for future ones. If it ever gets turned on.