The Pingdemic

[D14]

The said on news this morning that 1 in 50 people in the U.K. have now been pinged. But is this just a town problem? (Or just a hangover from football matches) My daughter how is a student at Loughborough is the only person I know.

How many farmers have been pinged? Not hearing any problems about lack of staff for harvest. But they are saying pumps are running out of fuel and no food on the shelves.

A friend got pinged sat in a traffic jam on the M6 for 2 hours solid. Didn't even get out of the car. The app is a joke and why I have never used it.

 

[2wheels]

No mention of the NHS app software being hacked maliciously or having a glitch in the system so becoming over sensitive.
What better way to screw employers by having the state system tell employees in droves not to go to work?

that will be the chinese gov hacking again?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

The said on news this morning that 1 in 50 people in the U.K. have now been pinged. But is this just a town problem? (Or just a hangover from football matches) My daughter how is a student at Loughborough is the only person I know.

How many farmers have been pinged? Not hearing any problems about lack of staff for harvest. But they are saying pumps are running out of fuel and no food on the shelves.

if I worked in a supermarket I would have the app, as I would be bound to get pinged and have a few days off (on full pay), if however it was not paid, I would not have the app, that is why farmers aren't "pinged" as they would have to pay for their time themselves!

 

[Ffermer Bach]

The perfect time to drive people to shop local. For safety and to drive them to farm shops, market stalls ect. Shorten the supply chain to the consumer and we all gain while there is still local butchers, greengrocers and farmers suppling their own outlets.!!
WB
The perfect time for large banners driving people to stay local, shop local, eat local, enjoy local.

another thread on here, lack of local abattoirs, so local meat supply can be a problem

 

[thorpe]

The said on news this morning that 1 in 50 people in the U.K. have now been pinged. But is this just a town problem? (Or just a hangover from football matches) My daughter how is a student at Loughborough is the only person I know.

How many farmers have been pinged? Not hearing any problems about lack of staff for harvest. But they are saying pumps are running out of fuel and no food on the shelves.

oh eck ive drove past the uni 4 times today, good job i dont have an app!

 

[Ffermer Bach]

IF you went anywhere during the football, I'm not sure its the sensitivity of the app - it was masses of people not social distancing at all.

I suppose my point was, I'm not hearing hardly any problems in farming with pings. is this because we all just don't go anywhere or because we don't have the app in the first place or a mixture of both.

I have the APP and haven't been pinged. I don't lead a very exciting life though.

ideal time to be pinged with the Olympics starting

 

[SilliamWhale]

I have a friend from work who's now on Track & Trace. They really do need to contact people who are potentially infected in order to hasten the end of the pandemic. Pinging via the app is helping ~ yes, it's a right pita!! ~ and means that the T&T teams are deployed in the most efficient and cost effective way.

If people don't isolate after a ping, then that's going to beggar up the Test to Work scheme schedule which is on its way, that's obviously desperately needed.

(I know there's something that reads a little contrary in that, but I can't remember the actual words used to describe the aims and objectives for getting things done before winter.)

Why whats going to happen in winter?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I half listened to a piece on the radio this morning, saying supermarket workers should be excluded from the app, if they are so essential, why are they (and lorry drivers) paid a poor wage? We need to look at our priorities here in the UK

 

[Chris F]

On many farms does it matter if you are pinged? The rules say you have to stay on your own property and keep away from others. Well that pretty much covers your whole farm and means you can keep farming.

 

[SilliamWhale]

I half listened to a piece on the radio this morning, saying supermarket workers should be excluded from the app, if they are so essential, why are they (and lorry drivers) paid a poor wage? We need to look at our priorities here in the UK

These are the same supermarket workers who had virtually no sign of extra covid exposure during March-July 2020 when there was a lot of covid about with no testing and no masks.

 

[Kidds]

if they are so essential, why are they (and lorry drivers) paid a poor wage?

Lorry driver told me today his firm just gave them all 25% pay rise to try and keep them.

 

[DRC]

My baler contractor is a man down this week, which couldn’t have come at a worse time with lots of hay and barley straw to bale .
Also a colleague of my agronomist was pinged as he cycled past a pub .

 

[traineefarmer]

My biggest fear all through this pandemic has never been "will I get it?" but "will I be forced to isolate?" Our business employs 3 people and we all work closely together. None of us live on site aside from my elderly parents. Assuming that we all get forced to isolate, who feeds and cares for the animals? I didn't once see a contingency plan for this from government or NFU, etc.

I assume I and maybe my staff would have to ignore the isolation order and battle the fine in court. I don't know any farmer who would neglect their animals for this nonsense.

 

[milkloss]

It's been pinging neighbours through walls so I'll cast judgement on whether my ping would be worth heeding.

As far as I'm concerned the way they allowed the football matches with all the hooligans carry on I'll pretty much do what I like thank you very much.

 

[Chris F]

As far as I'm concerned the way they allowed the football matches with all the hooligans carry on I'll pretty much do what I like thank you very much.

I don't know why more politicians aren't blaming the football. It's seems pretty clear it caused the spike. A group of 7 of my friends went for the final at Wembley, including travel there and back, plus bars. 5 out of 7 have since tested positive. That's 40k extra cases on it own, just from those who attended the match. Multiply that up around the country and you will be talking 200k plus new cases just caused by the final itself.

Then you get all the pings as well. Basically everyone who went to the final would have been pinged if they had the app. For a good reason.

 

[tinsheet]

Neighbours daughter lives and works in central London, says her phone pings at least twice aday!!

 

[Flatlander]

Looking in from the outside pinging look more like a way of tracking the spread from contact exposure while experimenting with herd immunity via doing nothing. some Soon to be out of a job scientist thought this one up.

 

[Robt]

For example around here on a building site:-
H&S chap pinged so off 10 days isolating.
8th day goes down with it.
Another 10 days off.
Goes back 1 day and his wife goes down with it so another 10 days off ????
30 odd days total off ffs.
He is just 1 person????
Stacks same?
Therefore ,yes Gov.may not have another lockdown BUT all be off anyhow isolating?
The Country be knacked again?

The stupidity is that if his wife is pinged he doesnt have to isolate even though he shares a bed with her..... Gotta love this government!

 

[Robt]

Looking in from the outside pinging look more like a way of tracking the spread from contact exposure while experimenting with herd immunity via doing nothing. some Soon to be out of a job scientist thought this one up.

I dont think any scientists will be out of work soon.!

 

[Still Farming]

The stupidity is that if his wife is pinged he doesnt have to isolate even though he shares a bed with her..... Gotta love this government!

If then after a test proves positive she does and him.