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How does this work with public transport then?

So, if perchance I were to take the nice jam-packed public transport system to my place of work, I would be in Bluetooth range of everybody in my carriage, plus perhaps some of the neighbouring one, depending on where I stood (sat? hah!). When I debark said carriage, I would then wander through the passageways towards the exit in company of hundreds of other people. All the other commuters would have the same experience. So, even a very small number of infected people on this train is going to trigger proximity alerts for a hell of a lot of others.

I'd guess that there will be a timer on this, so merely passing an infected person will not trigger an alert?? Even so, the average commute will probably be longer.than the timer.

Looks like it's going to be a bugger of a walk from now on.

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