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Earlier this year, the PM promised of a fully operational “world beating” track & trace app by 1 June
It was one of the govt's much touted 5 conditions to easing lockdown
Four months late, comes an app which appears only to be able to process tests that have been done by Serco. https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1309768686895542273
It was one of the govt's much touted 5 conditions to easing lockdown
Four months late, comes an app which appears only to be able to process tests that have been done by Serco. https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1309768686895542273
If this “NHS” test & trace app, run by a private firm, doesn’t accept tests done by the NHS only by an outsourced private firm, this need to be changed
Like testing, an app is crucial
Germany introduced their’ on 15 June & it had 12m downloads in a week.
Like testing, an app is crucial
Germany introduced their’ on 15 June & it had 12m downloads in a week.
For months, the govt attempted to downplay the importance of the App.
It went from being “an essential component” in tackling #COVID19 to being “a cherry on the top of Dido’s cake”!
This was @MattHancock on 5 June
He doesn’t seem terribly concerned.
It went from being “an essential component” in tackling #COVID19 to being “a cherry on the top of Dido’s cake”!
This was @MattHancock on 5 June
He doesn’t seem terribly concerned.
When asked by journalists if they still regarded the App as “essential”, Ministers wouldn’t give an answer
When asked by journalists where the App was, Ministers (like @Helen_Whately) changed the subject
So most journalists gave up asking the questions
When asked by journalists where the App was, Ministers (like @Helen_Whately) changed the subject
So most journalists gave up asking the questions
On 6 June, #Marr asked Hancock what happened to the App “that was supposed to be here 3 weeks ago”
@AndrewMarr9: When will it be ready?
@MattHancock: It will come in
AM: Are you saying that the App is no longer essential?
MH: I’m saying it will help. It will be an advantage.
@AndrewMarr9: When will it be ready?
@MattHancock: It will come in
AM: Are you saying that the App is no longer essential?
MH: I’m saying it will help. It will be an advantage.
On 28 May, @DominicRaab was asked how lockdown can be eased without an App?
“We’re giving a roadmap with maximum conditionality to make sure both in terms of the measures we've taken at Step 1 & any subsequent measures we're confident that we can take further sure-footed steps.”
“We’re giving a roadmap with maximum conditionality to make sure both in terms of the measures we've taken at Step 1 & any subsequent measures we're confident that we can take further sure-footed steps.”
“No problem, guv! We can do you a world-beating, world-class tracing app ready by the 1st June, give or take 4 months.”
Overseeing the NHS’s digital platform are #PeterThiel’s #Palantir & Cummings’ friends’ #FacultyAI: companies that both have links to #CambridgeAnalytica.
Overseeing the NHS’s digital platform are #PeterThiel’s #Palantir & Cummings’ friends’ #FacultyAI: companies that both have links to #CambridgeAnalytica.
