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May 2020
9:10pm, 26 May 2020
2,571 posts
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Tim of Fife
By definition, the Scottish system will only identify close contacts known to the infected person by name (eg family, friends, workmates, neighbours, the owner of the local corner shop.
It isn't going to embrace contacts within say large supermarkets, on a bus or train, etc
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May 2020
9:10pm, 26 May 2020
34,658 posts
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DocM
i cant get sunflower oil or HP sauce
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May 2020
9:18pm, 26 May 2020
51,488 posts
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plodding hippo
Tonic water
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May 2020
9:19pm, 26 May 2020
51,489 posts
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plodding hippo
Tim if people are socially distanced this makes no sense
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May 2020
9:20pm, 26 May 2020
16,214 posts
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Rosehip
bit useless then, Tim...
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May 2020
9:23pm, 26 May 2020
46,747 posts
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Velociraptor
There wasn't a scrap of tinned meat or fish in Tesco when I went in on Thursday evening. I only noticed because that was what I was going to get to put in the food bank trolley. There also wasn't any Honey Nut Shredded Wheat. But I'm accustomed to random stretches of empty shelf when I go in late.
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May 2020
9:28pm, 26 May 2020
16,215 posts
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Rosehip
Is everyone stocking up in case of a very tight lockdown with 2nd wave, I wonder?
THe Co-op seems to be struggling to keep shelves filled at the moment.
(I must admit to considering what we'd need for a fortnight and making some space in the freezer (by eating non-essentials like last year's raspberries, accordingly)
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May 2020
9:29pm, 26 May 2020
16,861 posts
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GimmeMedals
I'm feeling quite lucky. I got ketchup, HP sauce, mayo, salad cream, sunflower oil and tonic water at Tesco yesterday. No caster sugar though.
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May 2020
9:30pm, 26 May 2020
4,559 posts
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KimCanRun
Does seem a bit pointless. How are businesses/wards going to cope if you’re naming all your work colleagues?
Not very anonymous if I have symptoms, self isolate, get tested positive and then state I’ve been in contact (socially distancing as much as possible) with numerous colleagues. I’d then be the only one back at work in 7 days if the rest have to isolate for 14 days!
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May 2020
9:36pm, 26 May 2020
2,336 posts
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Canute
ToF
That sounds sensible. I am inclined to think such a system is more likely to be successful than the phone app in many of the circumstances where transmission is likely, though it won't cover contacts on public transport. I think that on public transport and other situations involving contact with strangers in enclosed places, masks will prove to be the most effective way to reduce transmission - though we probably need more effective public education about use of masks.
In general east Asians place higher value on family and society whereas Westerners place higher value on rights of the individual. CV-19 is providing Westerners with the challenge of demonstrating that it is possible for a Westerners to surrender some personal freedom for the sake of the well-being of the community. In fact the success of test, trace and isolate in Australia (along with other measures) demonstrates that it can be done.
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