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omg it& #39;s truly frightening how many people seem to think the tracking app is going to notify them if someone with the rona is nearby
Not kidding, I& #39;ve heard this several times today, people who genuinely think life is about to go back to normal and we will be & #39;safe& #39; because the app will help us avoid anyone who has the virus
I just butted into a conversation in the supermarket (which is something I would NEVER, EVER do) after overhearing someone say they& #39;re gonna get their elderly parent to install the "early warning system" so he& #39;d know "who to stay away from" and he& #39;d be safe, fmd
The people I spoke to today do not live on social media, they& #39;re not engaged with politics, they& #39;ve picked up what they know about the app from the tv/radio news, snippets of gossip, and conversations with others who got their info the same way
In a nutshell, they believe the information being shared between the phones is a person& #39;s *COVID status*.
I mean, it& #39;s called & #39;COVIDsafe& #39; and they& #39;re telling us that if everyone downloads it, social restrictions can be lifted. This sort of misunderstanding should have been expected (maybe even, dare I say it, intended)
I just want to make this clear, I know the people I spoke to today (except the random shopper). They are NOT stupid. They& #39;re just not tech-savvy, and not social media users. They& #39;re only going on what little, and easily misinterpreted, information they have been given.
