Posted on 06/16/2020 8:00:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
Contract tracing has proven to be a useful tool during infectious disease outbreaks. But that was in the halycion days when it was used by health professionals. Now, in the hands of the communist deep state, the tool has been weaponized to their own political ends and cannot be trusted.
Any contact tracers who show up on my property will be given an armed escort off my property.
Same problem with testing. They WANT to ramp up testing of random individuals, so they can catch asymptomatic cases, or better, show that the virus has died down (something that is hard to do testing only those people who think they have it).
Interestingly, when we were testing “people who were probably positives”, we were getting 15% positives, which shows how bad people were at knowing if they had it. (That was also driven by full-testing when they found cases).
But random tests are supposed to show if it is spreading around; if you test 100 random “non-sick” people, and find no cases, it suggests that you have controlled it. IF you find 20, it says it is still running all over, and you need to take caution.
BUT — nobody who is not sick wants to get tested, because if they find out they have it, they have to quarantine. Now I would want to know so I didn’t infect people, but a lot of people would rather risk infecting others than get locked in their houses for 2 weeks.
I actually read a story about some nurse who was pretty sure she was infected, but didn’t get tested because she knew if she tested positive, she wouldn’t be able to help her patients.
The communist Chinese coaching our governors to use “contact tracing” forgot one thing, it only works when the leaders are against the protests like in China, unlike the USA.
Do you have their app on your cell phone?
What Restaurant Apps Are Tracking on Android Smartphones
https://table.skift.com/2018/12/12/what-restaurants-are-tracking-on-android-smartphone-apps/
Why McDonald’s Is Looking To Track Customer Data
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2017/04/13/why-mcdonalds-is-looking-to-track-customer-data/#5ac67ac335fb
I DON’T REMEMBER
As well it should be.
Don't know, I wouldn't have installed it.
If we want to get close to a normally functioning economy we need to identify problem areas and limit spread.
That won't happen by itself and I notice the author just assumes everything will be alright if we just go about life as normal.
The obvious problem with this thinking is the American people are too smart. They, not the government, shut down the economy. They also led the reopening - governors followed.
If we see big increases in Covid the people will shut things down again regardless of what the government says.
Contact tracing's a tool that's proven to work and those who oppose it do so at the cost of a slower recovery.
Apple wanted me to download the update with tracing. I’ve refused to download it so far.
You need to read up on it.
You obviously haven’t.
Save me some time. What's the biggest real life problem with it?
SNORT. It's working really well. We've got positives and their close contacts who refuse to stay home. Lots of people to rat them out. And nobody willing to make them stay put once ID'd.
Healthy people are locked up why?!?
The biggest problem?
What do you do after they’re traced...and then refuse to stay put?
In the US?
Probably nothing but scold.
Are you aware of anyone who's been forcibly detained for testing positive?
This is second hand from a person who took their training.
You are traced every second of the day.
You will be assigned a tracker.
They will make home visits.
If you come into contact with a positive person, you will be
forbidden to leave your home for fourteen days. If you go
back out after 14 days and cross paths with another
positive person, it’s fourteen days again, repeatedly.
If you have family, they will demand you be quarantined
separate from them. If there are children in the home,
they can determine it is unsafe for them, and take them
from you.
If you do not have the tracer app on your phone, and can
prove it, you won’t be able to enter businesses.
This gives them the power to know every person you know.
You have no private life. You have no privacy with what
friends, people, or gatherings you attend.
This extends to political considerations. You go to a
political rally, they know it. This may enhance your
visits and scrutiny.
This thing has totalitarian written all over it.
You don’t have to demonize it. Just tell folks what it
is, and that will demonize it all on it’s own.
Who's training?
The state of California is training people to do this right
now.
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