Contacted on NHS app after being in contact with some who tested positive at an open air PCR test site

[Museumland]

Hi , I have had an NHS app alert after being in contact with a positive Covid person. On the day in question I drove to a test site. Waited in line in the open air, took my test. Have literally just finished doing 7 days of LFTs and now need to do 7 more. Has anyone else experienced this ?

Think common sense should override here, presume you are negative.

Get rid of ridiculous app.
Problem solved.

My exH also got "pinged" after attending a test centre. Common sense would suggest that if you do insist on using the stupid app, that you turn it off before attending any medical-type place ESPECIALLY test centres and vaccine centres.

1. Why do you still have the app??
2. Its not legally enforceable so ignore

I mean it’s a test centre. I’d assume that half the people there are positive. Presumably you social distanced and wore masks and were outside so I’d just ignore it.

People still have the proximity app? Why?

Bluetooth's proximity accuracy is only about 45%, if o remember correctly. No way am I limiting my life based on the toss of a coin as to whether I was actually anywhere near the person.
And of course I could have been outside at the time, which makes it even more likely that I'm not at risk.

Why is anybody still using the app? It was ditched months ago!

Didn't realise that app was still going!

If my friend hadn't still had the app she wouldn't have been pinged, had an lft result that showed a very faint second line, then registered a positive PCR. She'd have been spreading it around none the wiser, including possibly to me (due to spend Christmas Eve and Boxing day at her house).

Thanks for the replies....to be honest I have deleted the app now. It doesn't take into account masks, the open air, and at the test centre the social distancing was way more than 2 metres.....I always take lateral flow before meeting anyone these days anyway.

If my friend hadn't had the app she would have been totally unaware that she was covid positive.

@ilovesooty Your friend should be taking regular lft tests regardless of what the app says. Like others I turned it off ages ago.

Delete the app.

[quote newname12345]@ilovesooty Your friend should be taking regular lft tests regardless of what the app says. Like others I turned it off ages ago.[/quote]
She was. They were negative.

It's not about having the app though it's about using common sense. D's had the app in the very beginning and got pinged at college, his whole class did, turned out a student in the neighboring classroom had tested positive! They had a solid wall between positive child and D's, after that the school advised them to turn the app off.

Ignore it.
I’m surprised anyone actually ever downloaded the app in the first place. It’s very obviously flawed logic.