Zoe has gone woke

[MrsSnippyPants]

I’m sure they were asking for your ‘sex at birth’ previously?

What's Zoe?

Who or what is Woke Zoe?

The Covid tracker app

Anyway, it has annoyed me so I have emailed them. Why not just use clear, simple language? No need for any 'assigned' nonsense. It is unhelpful and inaccurate.
We need GOOD data, segregated by SEX, and anything that can cause confusion should not be there.

I think they have been got at.

covid.joinzoe.com/

I downloaded it (perhaps on Wednesday) it definitely asked something like "Sex at birth", so they've definitely been got at in the mean time. I thought I'd taken a screenshot of it on my phone but can't find it now,

Given that the virus has a higher mortality rate for males, & it's so far unclear why, clear data is essential. However it may be necessary for now to appease the woke brigade in order to obtain it.

I personally have an issue with the term "assigned" in relation to a person's sex. Like there was a quota that needed to be fulfilled & someone went round with a clipboard, arbitrarily deciding who was to be male & female.

If it's for something that important then it's shocking that they are pandering to the whim of a minority. Presumably the idea is for data from the majority of the population. The majority of Brits would definitely not say that the doctor randomly assigned them a sex at birth. To pander to people who don't understand biology is ridiculous in this situation, even more than many others.

I presume they're just going to ignore the gender ID, because it's totally irrelevant!

I joined about four days ago and it definitely said male or female then, i noticed it and approved.
It seems just bonkers to change it in the light of what we are beginning to find out about different effects of the virus on men and women.
Who do I email about this?

Here's the email Tarty

"I've spotted a bug, or would like to suggest a feature - where should I send it?
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This is a not for profit app that was produced in a very short development time, therefore we admit there may be a bug or two. We welcome any and all feedback about our app in the relevant app store, or at [email protected]. Please bear with us as we resolve these issues."

Thanks, Mrs will send one now.

I think they’re doing it to appease, but also ensure they’re getting the data they need.
They’re asking what gender were you assigned at birth, and I’m guessing they’re looking at that, and completely ignoring the other question about how people identify.
Because it’s irrelevant.
I think it’s a woke workaround

They might as well ask of you dye your hair

Oh ffs. It was clear and simple at the beginning.

Hardly anyone was assigned a sex at birth though.

Only intersex people and due to the history of very young children being subjected to surgery means that isn't really how it works now either.

Is there a 'none' option for the assigned sex? Guessing not.

On page 2 of this thread are 2 screenshots which show that the Zoe app did indeed ask for a person’s sex at birth.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3857302-sex-related-question-on-the-111-online-cv-symptom-assessment-checker?pg=2&order=#prettyPhoto

And what happens if the Midwife was having an off day and assigned incorrectly...

Because it’s irrelevant
I think it’s a woke workaround

I agree 99.99% of the population won't care and will treat the question as asking "what sex are you?" and will answer male or female.

A tiny proportion of gender critical feminists will make a fuss that they can't answer because they "weren't assigned a sex at birth"

A tiny proportion of trans rights activists will either welcome it or find something to make a fuss about.

They can fuck off, then.

There is also the email address [email protected]

I imagine promoting sociological ideological euphemistic bullshit at this time when you need the app to prove and provide scientific and fact base information is not a good look if publicised in the media.

I have neither the time nor the emotional energy to expend on pandering to this shit anymore. They want to go that way, they can go without me.

Its more than that though. Someone’s had to go in and change the coding on the underlying database to accept this new question and somehow make the nonsense answers make sense. Unless the ‘what sex were you assigned as birth’ replaces the previous sex question and the second one is just totally disregarded on the database because they didn’t ask the first responders and because it’s irrelevant.

Which leaves you with a ‘sex assigned at birth’ question which is in itself not great because all same people know this doesn’t happen so they will have to apply common sense and answer the question which should have been asked. Namely ‘what sex are you?’

"assigned as" would be better.

Using obfuscating language in a global pandemic when they need accurate data is a headfuck. Some people will have never seen that language before and stop right there. Infuriating.

Yes- I was pleasantly pleased when I filled in the questionnaire a few days ago that it avoided this assigned nonsense.

Using obfuscating language in a global pandemic when they need accurate data is a headfuck.

This.