Reply to post: Re: No use

Lockdown endgame? There won't be one until the West figures out its approach to contact-tracing apps

Duncan Macdonald

Re: No use

A person walking through Oxford Street station to change from one tube line to another during the rush hour will typically be inside the infectious range (under 1 metre) of lots of people (possibly over 100). If the person is a non-symptomatic carrier then by the time that the first detected case appears the total of possible first and second stage contacts will total several thousands - too many to be of any use.

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