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Title: The 'pingdemic' IS on course to paralyse England:
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URL Source: http://www.scoopyweb.com/2021/07/th ... -is-on-course-to-paralyse.html
Published: Jul 16, 2021
Author: Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2021-07-16 17:06:47 by Horse
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Up to SIX MILLION people could be told to stay at home every week by end of July as cases grow 75% every seven days - as bosses say a fifth of their workers are ALREADY being notified by app . Nissan in Sunderland was among businesses that have flagged serious issues with app affected 900 workers. Unite's Steve Bush: 'I believe we're hours not days or weeks away from our first temporary closure of sites.' Royal College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine demand vaccinated medics exempted Solicitor General Minister Lucy Frazer admitted the Government recognises the 'significant impact' of appEngland could be economically paralysed within weeks without action to halt the Covid app 'pingdemic' forcing hundreds of thousands of workers to stay at home. Analysis by MailOnline suggests that in a worst-case scenario around six million adults could be in isolation by the end of the month. Ministers were warned that factories could be forced to start closing today and consumers could see shortages of some foods because there are not enough staff to carry out key functions amid skyrocketing coronavirus infection rates. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released this morning estimated the number of people infected with the virus in the week ending July 10 was 577,700, up 73.5 per cent in just a week. One in 95 people in England had Covid last week according to the official data based on thousands of swab tests. Meanwhile, Britain's daily infection toll breached 50,000 today for the first time since January. Anyone who tests positive is told to self-isolate and has their contacts traced. But because the Bluetooth phone app 'pings' all those who have been in close contact with positive cases, the number of people self-isolating at home at any one time is far higher. Unlike those people contacted by phone, it is not a legal requirement to self-isolate after being pinged by the app. But Downing Street today made it clear it expects people to do so. It raises the prospect of the economy grinding to a halt due to a chronic lack of available workers, even after the lockdown is supposed to have ended on Monday. Business leaders and trade unionists from across all sector of the economy lined up to warn the Government that a major rethink is needed today, because the current situation is not sustainable. A fifth of all private sector workers are currently having to self-isolate, according to industrial analysis. Meat workers are in talks with the government about emergency exemptions for their workers who are pinged by the app – but as of this afternoon no deal had been announced. There were also a series of warning from NHS representatives who warned that the pingdemic is taking a toll on medical services across the country - with one trust asking staff to postpone their holidays. But ministers and Downing Street rebuffed them, insisting the app was vital and would not be removed until the middle of next month. Solicitor General Minister Lucy Frazer admitted the Government recognises the 'significant impact' it is having, but said it remained an 'important tool' in the fight against Covid-19. Downing Street also declined to confirm reports that workers in vital industries like food preparation and butchery could get exemptions planned for NHS workers. Up to 1million people were asked to self-isolate last week, data suggests. But that figure could hit 5.6million by the end of the month, if cases spiral by 75 per cent every week (right), according to MailOnline analysis. Separate projections based on a growth rate of 40 per cent - similar to what Test and Trace reported last week - still says the number of people self-isolating could hit 3million a week. But the true figure will be much lower because many people who are told to self-isolate end up testing positive, and some people will be flagged down by both NHS Test and Trace and the app. NHS England data showed a record 520,000 alerts were sent by the app last week, telling people they had been in close contact with someone who tested positive. It came as: One in 95 in England had Covid last week, official data has shown amid warnings from ministers that the country will face another lockdown the wave doesn't stop spiralling soon; Official figures released today show the contact-tracing app sent out 520,000 self-isolation alerts last week; Councils raised concerns over bin collections after Leeds, Bristol and Rochdale were forced to leave resident's rubbish on the curbside after the app forced workers to stay at home; Official figures revealed that as few as 30 per cent of adults have been double-jabbed in inner cities; Ministers were urged to get a grip on the Covid travel test fiasco that has led to lengthy delays and appalling service. The MailOnline analysis is based on the 75 per cent growth rate in confirmed Covid cases continuing for the next three weeks. Other surveillance measures, however, say the outbreak is growing slower, including one symptom-tracking app that believes the outbreak has already peaked. The rise in positive cases is mirrored with a similar increase in the number of people having to isolate after being pinged as a close associate, according to this website's projections. Up to 1million people were asked to self-isolate last week, data suggests. But that figure could hit 5.6million by the end of the month, if cases spiral by 75 per cent every week. Thousands of people who are pinged also go on to become confirmed cases, meaning the total will be lower. And some people will be flagged down by both NHS Test and Trace and the app. In addition, if enough people self-isolate, the rate of infection could drop, scientists say. A lower estimate by the Adam Smith Institute projects a figure of around 2million people. The app's maker last night told the Financial Times it was functioning as it should. Wolfgang Emmerich, chief executive of Swiss firm Zühlke UK said it was 'doing exactly what we designed it to do', and increased notifications were 'a reflection of the increases in infection numbers rather than any change in the app'. Nissan was among businesses that have flagged serious issues, after around 900 workers at its flagship plant in Sunderland were forced to isolate after they were pinged by the app. Last night Unite's Steve Bush told Newsnight: 'I believe we're hours not days or weeks away from our first temporary closure of sites.' And the Meat Processors Association chief executive said abattoirs would have to 'rationalise' product lines, stopping those requiring the most butchery, in order to keep food on shelves. Nick Allen told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'We were struggling with skilled labour anyway, and now on top of this you have got them being pinged and told to stay at home for 10 days. 'So it's quite a critical point and it is not really a numbers game. It's if you get critical people in the production line pinged and having to stay at home that can cause as much of a problem as sheer numbers.' The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine issued a joint call to exempt double-jabbed NHS staff from isolation over close contacts. Sir Jonathan Montgomery, the former chair of the ethics advisory board for the NHS Test and Trace app, said while he would not change the function of being 'pinged' by the app the 'consequences' needed to be updated. But Ms Frazer said firms would have to wait until August 16 for the isolation requirement to go. 'It (the app) is an important tool because it is important that you do isolate if you do come into contact (with a positive case), but I know this is something the Government is looking at,' she told Sky News Poster Comment: These people are insane. They should have told the people everyone with type O blood is not likely to die. They should have told everyone to supplement with Vitamin D-3. This would never have happened if the response to a lab created disease had been rational. A sane person would have arrested those responsible before doing anything else.
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