To ask if giving a false phone number is a thing?

[DuckyMcDuck]

Went to a cafe with a friend, we sat outside but she was asked for her phone number. Once we sat down, she admitted that she always gives a false number and so does everyone she knows.

Is this really a common thing? I haven't been in places very much but have always given my number when asked.

We haven't been able to control it because it's a brand new virus that we have no immunity to. Not because someone went to the pub. It's not going anywhere.

So what, we just let it carry on then and unlucky if you happen to get it when there's not enough beds in the hospital for you to have treatment because they're overwhelmed, or when there's not enough doctors and nurses to treat you because they're all sick too?
As far as I understand it the measures aren't to stop the virus, that's impossible because the genie is out of the bottle, but to control the speed at which it spreads so that we have enough resources to deal with it appropriately. You're not going to be able to go to the pub if the staff are all off sick and there's no one to get you your life giving elixir booze! If large amounts of the population get ill at the same time then places are still going to close, we need people to man those places.

Personally i think those that dont abide by the rules over covid if get it shouldnt be treated, that includes those that give wrong numbers!! no way of doing this though i DO realise that. this is exactly why we have not been able to control it. i work in a hospital and ive had it, i know how bad it can be.

Careful, you'll be accused of wishing them dead! I mean they can carry on giving false info, potentially spreading the illness and knowingly doing that, because they know they won't be contacted. That can lead to deaths of others, which again they know.

They can use ridiculous excuses about marketing texts or someone will have my name and number (of course they could change their name, like from Jane to John, but they would know if someone contacted them what it was about. But no they can't lie about their name oddly only about their number)!

But say anything about them or theirs getting Covid then you're a bad person.

I think it makes them feel that they're nice people because you dared to give your opinion and they can twist it to be harsh on them.

My son also works at the hospital, he hasn't as far as we know had it, but his father has. As you say not nice.

Even if you can't afford to take time off work or are simply going to refuse to isolate wouldn't you still want to know if you have been in contact with someone who has had covid. It would still enable you to make some changes in your behaviour to help Stop the spread. 💁🏻‍♀️

Make a new email just for the purpose of track and trace so there are no privacy issues for you.

I don't think some people realise quite how contagious COVID is.

Even if you can't afford to take time off work or are simply going to refuse to isolate wouldn't you still want to know if you have been in contact with someone who has had covid. It would still enable you to make some changes in your behaviour to help Stop the spread. 💁🏻‍♀️

But they're not interested in stopping the spread though, they're not interested in the bigger picture or how it will affect society in general, but reserve the right to complain about it when those affects reach them. Too busy shouting about their right to go to the pub to think about any responsibility.

Make a new email just for the purpose of track and trace so there are no privacy issues for you.

Seems simple enough, though I do suspect there'll be a lot of 'Why should I?'

I don't think some people realise quite how contagious COVID is.
They quite simply don't care I don't think, they want what they want and the concequences of their actions are always someone else's fault.

Personally i think those that dont abide by the rules over covid if get it shouldnt be treated, that includes those that give wrong numbers!! no way of doing this though i DO realise that. this is exactly why we have not been able to control it. i work in a hospital and ive had it, i know how bad it can be.

Don't be so ridiculous! Do you think people who smoke shouldn't be treated because they are willingly doing something that kills and passive smoke can kill other people? Do you think the owners of shops that sell alcohol, cigarettes or fatty foods should not be treated because they are selling things that can kill people. The irony of people wishing death upon people they accuse of murdering others. People need to get a grip!

When two phones running the app are near each other, they will make contact through Bluetooth.

Surely that will only work if both phones have Bluetooth switched on?

I don't always keep Bluetooth switched on because it uses more battery power. However, if it means keeping people safe when in a cafe/restaurant/pub, then I will make sure I switch it on because I'm not a selfish arsehole like some on this thread

To those giving false numbers. If Someone close to you was struck down with covid how are you to be contacted? You could be a potential carrier and end up spreading it all over the place. We are supposed to be helping get rid of the virus and all you idiots are helping the spread of it again 😡😡😡

@Janevaljane

Oh dear.

The idea is that we all take steps to avoid catching it until there is a vaccine.

We haven't been able to control it because it's a brand new virus that we have no immunity to. Not because someone went to the pub. It's not going anywhere.

Eh?

Can someone explain this to me.

So people are so selfish they are giving a fake number so they 1 can't be told they have been exposed to a potentially fatal virus and 2 so they can't protect other people from getting it by staying at home!

People really never cease to amaze me at their utter selfish tawtiness.

*We haven't been able to control it because it's a brand new virus that we have no immunity to. Not because someone went to the pub. It's not going anywhere.

Eh?

Can someone explain this to me.*

No, it's utter gibberish!

Can someone explain this to me

I think pp means unlike the flu (which still sadly kills 17000 every year in the U.K.) we haven’t all been exposed to it yet so have no natural immunity. The death rate annually will therefore be higher until it has been circulating amongst us for some time.

It is not out of control because of people not leaving telephone numbers. (I think that is what they messy anyway)

I agree with point one but point 2, well it would be more under control if everyone who came into contact with it isolated but then again, are we not delaying the inevitable if we don’t find a vaccine?

Because if we don’t we are just going to have to live with it and build herd immunity like we do with flu surely? Unless we accept being masked and restricted for the rest of our lives and we literally never see our elderly relatives again even if they live for another decade? I mean, what’s the end game here?

Mean!! Not ‘messy’ for gods sake bloody autocorrect

Good to see the dunkirk spirit still alive and kicking 😷

It's the 'it's not going anywhere' that's got me scratching my head.

Virus are spread by people. That's how they live. They find a new host.

If you avoid people with it, you avoid spreading it.

It's the 'it's not going anywhere' that's got me scratching my head

With the best will in the world, it will still spread unless we all literally stand still for the next 12 months. I think the idea is to slow it down and rush to get a vaccine. I just can’t work out what the plan will be if that doesn’t happen. It’s a bloody terrifying thought!

I mean....I’m happy to just stay in bed for the next year and have government delivered pizza if it’s plan B though..

Icant afford two weeks off work if someone in same cafe as me gets a positive test. So yes l always give a false number. However l also get tested at work weekly. It's a risk assesment l choose to do

You don’t fucking Rick test for me. If you can’t afford to take 2 weeks off work, the. Don’t go to a cafe. Hardly rocket science, is it

RISK test, though RICK test sounds fun

I hope to fuck @Potterpotterpotter is a magnificent troll and not an odious selfish shit of a person

@Aridane

I hope to fuck *@Potterpotterpotter* is a magnificent troll and not an odious selfish shit of a person

Oh fuck off. Why don’t you tag all the others that said they give false numbers too while your at it.

Dont bet on it, I sympathise about the loss of wages I really do. I'm afraid I agree about the slowing down of the virus that's all we can do. Slow it so NHS can cope. I personally hope to put off getting it long enough for science to find something to make it less vicious. Fingers crossed

So you & your friends don’t want to know if you’ve been in contact with someone with the virus? What a responsible attitude!!!
Not only that but you can then spread it without knowing. It’s this sort of attitude that is causing increase in occurrence of the virus and increased restrictions so take a long hard look at yourselves.
Our jobs in healthcare are hard enough without people being irresponsible thank you.

Icant afford two weeks off work if someone in same cafe as me gets a positive test. So yes l always give a false number. However l also get tested at work weekly. It's a risk assesment l choose to do

So the outcome of your 'risk assessment' is that you're happy with the risk of spreading the virus to others with no way of anyone letting you know you're a possible source of infection and carrying it wherever you go and putting the staff, other customers, people who use your service and basically anyone who you come into contact with as long as you can get a coffee or a pint?
And you think that's not selfish?

I will get full pay if I am told to isolate by the track & trace system... however... I really don’t want to let my colleagues (and the children) down by not being at work so do I give a false number? NO I simply don’t go to pubs, restaurants, bars etc.

I work in school with no social distancing or masks so I’m not willing to add to the risk by going out especially as there are apparently a lot of STUPID people who are happy to live in ignorance when they may have been in contact with a definite covid case.

In some situations ignorance is bliss but in this case ignorance is irresponsible, selfish and inexcusable.

If you can’t afford to isolate don’t put yourself at risk of catching the virus by going to the pub!