How do you know which app will coincide with the COVID-19 in health privacy?
Sent from Diane's awesome iPhone! > On May 21, 2020, at 11:57 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > It's not in the Health app. > Go into Settings and search for COVID and you'll find it, it's under Privacy > > Health > However, turning this on in itself does nothing, You would also need an app > promoted by your government which actually stores data about where you have > been and with whom else you came into close contact who also has this > technology. > Theoretically if a person tests positive for COVID-19 and has the app, > authorities an then check that person's app to see with whom they have come > into contact with and these people can then be notified and potentially will > be required to self-isolate for 14 days to make sure they did not get > infected. > The issue with all of this is that you ideally need a single app for all of > Canada or at least for your province and that at least 60% to 80% of all > people would have to use said app for it to be really effective. This is very > new technology, it's not at all proven how effective this could be and nobody > in a country like Canada, the US or most European countries would put up with > being forced to use it. > I think you are also in Canada and, in particular, in British Columbia, > aren't you? If so I wouldn't be too worried anyways, we are extremely lucky > to be in a province which did a lot of stuff right. Currently there are only > just over 300 people of the just under 2,500 who tested positive who have not > yet recovered and given our population of 5 Million that is not so bad and > with basic common sense, physical distancing and hand hygiene chance for you > to pick up COVID-19 are pretty small. > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Jenifer Barr > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:39 PM > To: iPhone List <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Covid and ios 13.5? > > Hi all. > I looked in the health app but found nothing about Covid 19. Where do I find > this setting? > Thanks. > Jen > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/FC4E3296-654A-4058-A9C2-347E7441F9D6%40gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR06MB31357A311202A1C181DCCD76C7B40%40MWHPR06MB3135.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/9997D535-B5BA-4E77-833C-C53715EC9297%40gmail.com.
