I've been pinged!

I’ve never been pinged, it must be a shock. What do you do now?

If you have any sense you will turn it off.

Deleted mine ages ago
The likelihood of being pinged must have increased due to high numbers

I don’t have to do anything. As I’m fully vaccinated I don’t have to isolate.

Delete it.

Why would I want to delete it?

I had deleted the app so I wasn't 'pinged' but when DS1 got Covid he named me as a contact and Track and Trace messaged me with two different messages which I ignored and used my common sense, isolating for ten days after I'd last seen him.

It’s reassuring to know you move around in ‘low risk’ areas if nothing else LtEve.
I hope you stay well.

I have never had the app. Good job I haven't. I have been shopping, meals out, the gym, swimming with granddaughter, been to soft play with grandchildren etc etc.

The thing is I don’t. I’m a paramedic so have been up close and personal with the virus since it started and caught it in May 2020. It hasn’t scared me since I had it. I’m just intrigued as to how I managed to avoid getting pinged until now.

LtEve

The thing is I don’t. I’m a paramedic so have been up close and personal with the virus since it started and caught it in May 2020. It hasn’t scared me since I had it. I’m just intrigued as to how I managed to avoid getting pinged until now.

Certainly not low risk then LtEve thank you for the job you do it’s certainly not an easy one

I’ve no advice re pinging, but just wanted to thank you very much for your service and everything that you do.
You have nothing but my admiration and respect LtEve
Thank you? ? ?

I'm more curious why I haven't been pinged when DS and DD1 family had covid as they both gave our names to test and trace.

My husband was pinged a while back. The message said 'Please isolate for one day'. He did as asked to be on the safe side but the app was obviously pinging him too late.

If you’ve been vaccinated you don’t need to isolate even if you are pinged.

Exactly. All you do now is answer a couple of questions then it tells you that you don’t have to do anything.

DH and I were pinged some time ago on a Thursday evening. It said we had been in close contact twitch someone on the previous Friday. We had been to a restaurant that day , but the person could have been in the same place hours before or hours afterwards, six day earlier!
We had no plans that weekend so we’re isolated for the next few days which was fairly pointless as we had been out on the days in between.
Fairly pointless app. which we have now turned off.

LtEve

I don’t have to do anything. As I’m fully vaccinated I don’t have to isolate.

I don't understand this comment LtEve, I am fully vaccinated and boostered, I have even been isolated in that I had my foot in plaster so didn't go out but I still caught Covid and was quite ill after Christmas.

Those are the rules. When you get pinged you are asked if you’re over 18, have you had both vaccinations and was it before 31-12-21. If you answer yes to those 3 questions you are told you don’t need to isolate.

I didn't realise, I've never been pinged ?

The rules change as often as you change your clothes! It’ll probably be different again next week.

love0c, so - you may have been infected - and passed it around as well?

Well Hetty, as I haven't broken any rules I will carry on enjoying my life and supporting my family, Not to mention businesses.

I deleted the app ages ago as I don't agree with making people sef isolate while not telling them when and where they were in contact with the virus.

If you are fined for speeding you do at least get told when and where the offence occured.

I'd happily obey the restrictions if they said eg "you were in contact with a covid case on Sunday in Blackpool" .
Then I can check where I was on Sunday. Was it the football match or the visit to my gran.
I could then warn my gran to check for symptons and perhaps tear up my football season ticket!
Incidentally how do you know someone is really from Test and Trace and it is not just a scam especially if all you get is an email/text?