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COVID-19 Exposure Notifications are Available(Alert sent to my iPhone pictures included)
December 10,2020 | Me

Posted on 12/10/2020 9:39:45 AM PST by Jayster

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; covid19
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To: DesertRhino

Thanks. I replied much the same to TexasGator after you replied.

Strikes me as totally useless information. I already take the prophylaxis protocol (minus Ivermectin) so what am I going to do differently with this additional nugget of info?


21 posted on 12/10/2020 9:55:06 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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To: TexasGator

How so? I don’t see it.


22 posted on 12/10/2020 9:55:54 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

If you know you’ve been exposed to someone who is infected, you can isolate yourself from those at high risk from COVID-19.

For example, maybe put off that visit to the nursing home so you don’t unintentionally “Cuomo” the place.


23 posted on 12/10/2020 10:00:38 AM PST by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: Jayster; Swordmaker

The only “emergency alert” that I cannot disable on my old android phone is a Presidential Alert. They are found under Settings / Applications/ Messages/ Emergency Alerts on my phone which is admittedly Android 6. Android 6 was released in 2015. That is like an 8 track tape player for your car to phone afficianodos.

Of course I still have my HTC PPC-6700, my first true smart phone which came out two years before the first iPhone. It was much more capable than the first iPhone because it had 3G built in and a plethora of Windows Mobile 5 apps like Word, Excel, texting, and email... Compared to the almost completely worthless first iPhone which was 2G only and couldn’t even send a text. So here we go again. LOL!!!

Paging Swordmaker for how to keep your iPhone from hassling you with Covid exposure notifications.


24 posted on 12/10/2020 10:00:47 AM PST by fireman15
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To: Jayster

I never get notifications.
I turned off the kidnapping notifications, weather emergencies, state and national emergencies. Can’t turn off presidential notifications though.


25 posted on 12/10/2020 10:05:58 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Neither safety nor security exists in nature. Everything is dangerous and has risk.)
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To: Jayster

Great reason to leave your phone at home when you go to Church.


26 posted on 12/10/2020 10:06:42 AM PST by G Larry (There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
If you know you've been exposed to someone who is infected, you can isolate yourself from those at high risk from COVID-19.

How sweet! Except if you live in a populated area or go to the grociery store... after nearly a year everyone has been exposed to Covid. If you are a socially aware Karen and are worried about giving it to Grandma you should just stay away from her all the time and let your relatives help keep her spirits up. She probably prefers them over you anyway.

27 posted on 12/10/2020 10:07:54 AM PST by fireman15
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

Fair enough.

These days, if I walk around town for 30 minutes or drop into CVS or Home Depot for 15 minutes, what are the chances that I will NOT pass by somebody who has it? With the ultra sensitivity of RT-PCR, what are the chances that infected person is actually contagious?

If the alarm goes off all the time, then we all hunker down at home all the time. How is that different from what we are doing now?


28 posted on 12/10/2020 10:08:24 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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To: TexasGator

“It said they don’t use GPS and don’t track your location. Then how would they know if I’ve been close to somebody else who they also don’t track?”

Bluetooth.


Bingo. Turn it off.


29 posted on 12/10/2020 10:15:10 AM PST by LaRueLaDue ("Nah... It'll be fine." -- The Critical Drinker)
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To: TexasGator; ProtectOurFreedom
“It said they don’t use GPS and don’t track your location. Then how would they know if I’ve been close to somebody else who they also don’t track?”

Bluetooth.

My sister told of a visit to Starbucks a few years back, standing in line behind a stranger, they exchanged a few pleasantries while waiting for the coffee, then they each went their way.

Later that day she saw a FB recommendation for "people you may know" and it showed the picture of that stranger from Starbucks.

I think our phones are also listening to us, even if we have disabled Snoopy Siri (if that's even possible). Stuff shows up on her phone and mine (since we are frequently together) that flat-out creeps us both out.

I've been carrying my iParasite in a Faraday bag ever since, and disabled all the busy-body tracker doodads I can find, especially now that this Covid Craziness has infected peoples minds, as if the very air we breathe is poisoned with a covid gas or something. I really hate this gadget. I remember party-line phones that hung on the wall, and you had to be home to know if someone called; now people seem to be unable to function without their privacy intrusion device in hand.

30 posted on 12/10/2020 10:27:06 AM PST by pigsmith (Liberals can't make the connection between their politics and the decline of everything around them.)
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To: Jayster
I would recommend NOT activating this feature!

You will give them (whoever they are) another method of tracking your movements.

I do not trust.

31 posted on 12/10/2020 10:34:46 AM PST by SamAdams76 (Orange Man GOOD!)
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To: fireman15

Well if your conscience is free risking the deaths of dozens of defenseless elderly folks by spreading a contagious disease to them, that’s on you.

You should run for governor of New York.


32 posted on 12/10/2020 10:40:05 AM PST by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
"what are the chances that I will NOT pass by somebody who has it?"

Depends entirely on the area really, and how crowded the stores are and how long you're spending in there.

"With the ultra sensitivity of RT-PCR, what are the chances that infected person is actually contagious?"

That's currently unknown. What's been shown so far is that most people who are infected don't pass it to anyone. Some pass it to a small number of people. And a small number of people pass it to huge numbers of others. What isn't clear is how much of that is a difference in infectiousness between those persons and how much of that is due to changes in behaviors.

If the alarm goes off all the time, then we all hunker down at home all the time. How is that different from what we are doing now?

I agree that if it's just going off all the time, it has no value. I don't know how exactly this system is set up or operates and I have no data to say this particular implementation works well or is garbage. I was only responding to the question about what utility there would be in knowing you had been exposed to infected persons.

33 posted on 12/10/2020 10:43:39 AM PST by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: SamAdams76

FYI..... this was sent to my older iPhone 7 Max that I only use at home as an iTouch/iPad and never got this Alert to my new iPhone.

I do in fact that it disabled on that device.


34 posted on 12/10/2020 10:51:52 AM PST by Jayster (Legalize Marijuana )
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To: pigsmith

“as if the very air we breathe is poisoned with a covid gas or something.”

Isn’t that the truth? People seem to think these dastardly virions are all over the place ready for you to let your guard down for a split second so they can jump up your nose.


35 posted on 12/10/2020 10:54:17 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
If you are fine being a self-righteous Karen shaming people who celebrate Christmas and don't wear masks when they are shopping at home depot... that is fine with me. It is more than a little ironic since I have spent tens of thousands of hours volunteering at nursing homes and multi-level care facilities and used to drive groups in a senior center bus to get their flu shots from the VA etc... Not to mention the 25 years I spent in the back of rescue units transporting people with life threatening respiratory illnesses to the hospital.

Maybe you should run for Governor of California, you are certainly a self-righteous imbecile and that might just qualify you..

36 posted on 12/10/2020 11:05:19 AM PST by fireman15
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To: fireman15
"If you are fine being a self-righteous Karen shaming people who celebrate Christmas and don't wear masks when they are shopping at home depot..."

Completely baseless attack. I've never done either.

"you are certainly a self-righteous imbecile"

When reason fails, resort to personal attacks and name-calling.

37 posted on 12/10/2020 11:08:58 AM PST by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

Friend had full family Thanksgiving 18 people.....one works directly with Covid patients. Scrubbed at work, showered at home..joined the gathering. Nobody has any symptoms.


38 posted on 12/10/2020 11:09:13 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

LOL!!! Sure you haven’t... I guess that you have forgotten that we have crossed paths before.


39 posted on 12/10/2020 11:11:21 AM PST by fireman15
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

The only thing that you have been commenting on recently is Covid... you are obsessed.


40 posted on 12/10/2020 11:14:36 AM PST by fireman15
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