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Unless you live in New Zealand you probably haven't ever written down your contact information when entering a store, and probably don't even know what that is.

by rz2k 6y ago

Unless you live in New Zealand you probably haven't ever written down your contact information when entering a store, and probably don't even know what that is. Flattening the curve was really about overloading hospitals. The end game is to make covid-19 extinct in the wild, or domesticated in the sense that only relatively harmless variants remain. Without serious testing and contact tracing that may take a very long time. We completely fumbled the early 2020 chance to contain the virus. The vaccines should decrease the numbers enough that there will be a second chance to contain it, this time with real efforts at contact tracing if we actually want to make the virus extinct.

Nursie 6y ago
> Unless you live in New Zealand you probably haven't ever written down your contact information when entering a store We did that for bars and restaurants in the UK, but it doesn't seem to have done as much good as it was probably just lost or ignored by our abysmal track and trace services... We also had a QR code system to tag yourself in places, but it fell down because it was firstly optional, and secondly there was no way to tag out so the records weren't that accurate.
kelnos 6y ago
We did (still do?) that in San Francisco, but it's incredibly inconsistent. Some restaurants would make a reservation in their reservation system on the spot for you to keep a record of you being there. Others didn't keep track at all. Meanwhile, we spent last month in Honolulu, and every single restaurant took down our contact info. Nothing for regular stores in either place, though.
cylinder 6y ago
We check in with a govt app and QR codes in NSW and all of Australia does this and venues confirm before letting you in. It's integrated into the Service NSW app so I don't need a separate one. Same app where my digital drivers licence is. No paper. In fact I don't carry a wallet here anymore because public transport is with NFC - Apple pay.

by rz2k 6y ago

Nursie 6y ago

> Unless you live in New Zealand you probably haven't ever written down your contact information when entering a store We did that for bars and restaurants in the UK, but it doesn't seem to have done as much good as it was probably just lost or ignored by our abysmal track and trace services... We also had a QR code system to tag yourself in places, but it fell down because it was firstly optional, and secondly there was no way to tag out so the records weren't that accurate.

kelnos 6y ago

We did (still do?) that in San Francisco, but it's incredibly inconsistent. Some restaurants would make a reservation in their reservation system on the spot for you to keep a record of you being there. Others didn't keep track at all. Meanwhile, we spent last month in Honolulu, and every single restaurant took down our contact info. Nothing for regular stores in either place, though.

cylinder 6y ago

We check in with a govt app and QR codes in NSW and all of Australia does this and venues confirm before letting you in. It's integrated into the Service NSW app so I don't need a separate one. Same app where my digital drivers licence is. No paper. In fact I don't carry a wallet here anymore because public transport is with NFC - Apple pay.