I don't know much about these contact tracing apps.Most Americans cannot or will not use COVID-19 contact tracing apps: poll
National Virus Contact Tracing News.....moo
I don't know much about these contact tracing apps.
If you download the app does it start tracking you movements right away? If so who is getting this information?
Thank you for this. Hopefully more are doing it than we realize.I was walking past a nursing home today, beautiful, sunny day. They had large round tables set up outside. The tables were set up for the residents to be outside, and their families could come see them. Everyone was wearing masks, gloves, and at social distance. And they looked happy.
I don't understand stand why other nursing homes won't let the folks at least outside. They are not prisoners in lock down.
California governor orders Orange County beaches to close
“Calling it a "temporary pause," Newsom told reporters the beaches may reopen very quickly "if we can get some framework and guidelines to get this right."”
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“"We just want to focus on where there's a problem ... in a smart, strategic way," Newsom said. "We don't want to be heavy-handed about these things."”
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“The order was announced on the day Orange County reported 145 new cases of Covid-19, its largest one-day tally. There have been a total of 2,393 cases in the county, with 45 deaths, according to data from OC Health.”
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“"My job as governor is to keep you safe, and when our health folks tell me they can't promise that if we promote another weekend like we had then I have to make this adjustment," Newsom said.
An additional 95 people died from Covid-19 on Wednesday, he said. The state saw a 5.2% increase in confirmed cases since yesterday for a total of 48,917.
"Why undo all the great progress? Let's move this state forward together," Newsom said.””
California Gov. Gavin Newsom to close Orange County beaches after weekend crowds
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Orange County reports single-day high of 145 new COVID-19 cases
“It’s the fourth day in the last six with at least 100 new cases reported. That number had been reached just once previously, when 104 cases were reported on April 1”
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“Santa Ana remains the Orange County city with the most cases, with 366 as of Thursday, an increase of 36 cases from Wednesday. Anaheim has 346 reported COVID-19 cases.
Among local cities, Huntington Beach has 223 cases. Newport Beach has 97 cases, Costa Mesa 40, Laguna Beach 37 and Fountain Valley 32.”
I was walking past a nursing home today, beautiful, sunny day. They had large round tables set up outside. The tables were set up for the residents to be outside, and their families could come see them. Everyone was wearing masks, gloves, and at social distance. And they looked happy.
I don't understand stand why other nursing homes won't let the folks at least outside. They are not prisoners in lock down.
Thanks. So the app records devices and not locations.The way I understand it (going by what they say about our newly-released contact tracing app) is that the app records the phone numbers of everyone within 1½ metres (about 5 feet) of yourself - if they also have the app, which communicates by bluetooth.
The info gets recorded 'on the cloud' and is only retrieved if a medical professional wants to help you trace everyone you have been in contact with - should you contract the virus. They say that the medical profession is the only one who will have access to this data.
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No end in sight: 100,000 crew on cruise ships stranded at sea
Erin McCormick and Patrick Greenfield
10 hrs ago
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While most cruise ship passengers have now made it back to land, another crisis has been growing with no safe haven in sight.
Around the world, more than 100,000 crew workers are still trapped on cruise ships, at least 50 of which have Covid-19 infections, a Guardian investigation has found. They are shut out of ports and banned from air travel that would allow them to return to their homes.
Many of these crew are quarantined in tiny cabins, and some have had their pay cut off. They have effectively become a nation of floating castaways, marooned on boats from the Galapagos Islands to the port of Dubai.
Many of the crew have only minimal communication with the outside world, making their situations hard to scrutinise. But at least 17 cruise ship workers are confirmed to have died from suspected Covid-19, and dozens more have had to be medically evacuated off ships and hospitalised, the Guardian found.
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Seems like too much personal information is being released.Sorry I don't have a link at the moment but in my City Police and EMS are given name, age, birth date of all positive cases from our Health Unit. I'm fine with it. It protects me and them. 2 positive folks were caught out and about in my City. Once the Health Unit clears you your off the list.
Thanks. So the app records devices and not locations.
They need to make that clear when promoting this app. People are hesitant to allow their movements to be tracked. If this app doesn't do that it's more palatable to me and probably others. JMO
Not all nursing homes have access to outside areas.
And some lack staff, and the staff are working 24 shifts. Hard to "open up" and take on more duties.
Sounds like one of the more expensive nursing homes, to be frank. There's one of those in my county - and then tons of much less...friendly places (no outdoor space, next to asphalt and strip malls, by the side of major highways...)