I guess they’d probably take a couple more weeks to show up, if they don’t fizzle out in the meantime. There’s no way they could have managed to trace all the potential contacts at the train station and on the MRT etc., given the number of people not bothering to scan QR codes anymore…
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That’s not quite how contact tracing seems to work—it’s close contacts who are put into isolation and tested.
In the stations and on the MRT, presumably mask wearing helps to slow things down . . . one hopes!
Guy
If that’s the case, what’s the point of scanning the QR codes everywhere for the last 6 months then? 
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So people are aware their sudden cough might be more than “just a cough” if they’ve gotten a 1922 message in the last couple days that their path crossed with a confirmed COVID case. Either they contact the health authorities, or if they’re too worried about social stigmatization they at least stay put at home and isolate themselves. It’s not foolproof and relies on people not being selfish jerks, but it’s an extra tool to work with at the very least.
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You’d then be alerted that you came into contact with a positive case, and to do some form of self-management, reporting possible symptoms, etc.
At least that’s how I think it works!
Guy
No we haven’t. Not even close.
No horseshoes? Or no clusters?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Guy
But then this still contradicts what @afterspivak wrote in response to my comment. My point was that if a significant proportion of people aren’t bothering scanning the codes anymore, this leaves gaps through which those people can’t be traced, and he seemed to be suggesting that wasn’t an issue.
If the system is useful (as you wrote), those gaps seem to matter; if the gaps are nothing to worry about (as he suggested), then what’s the point of the system - that’s all I was trying to say. I wasn’t particularly complaining about the system in general (I’ve scanned everywhere I’ve been in the last 6 months, with a couple of exceptions like when I’ve forgotten or didn’t see an obvious code.)
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I mean the whole AS thing was never a real risk.
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In my view, it’s a risk until its not.
Delta infection and all that out and about . . . 
Guy
I’ve noticed in the last few weeks almost no one does this anymore. I stopped as well, unless it’s a place that really monitors you as you walk in.
On another note, I believe today was the end of the latest Level 2 extension? I’m guessing it got extended again but news jut isn’t covering it closely anymore.
My point was that the direct contact tracing (where they interview the positive case, and determine who needs to be put into isolation and tested) is not determined by the QR code system, which indeed has significant gaps.
I think the QR code system is used for a broader outreach to let people know they’ve come into contact with an infected case, and to provide instructions on how to monitor oneself in this situation.
Guy
le sigh
I was in multiple packed bars over the weekend, no masks, but god forbid we walk down the street without one
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Your choice, right? No need for others to follow you into the bar, right?
That’s the difference here.
Guy
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The CECC reported that a total of 4,657,395 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 4,639,667. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 16,742 cases.
I’ve never understood what this means. What are “cases related to COVID-19”, and how does this number differ from “number of tests conducted”? Anyone know?
I didn’t see his original post. Yes, the system currently isn’t very useful as only the department stores and places of official business like hospitals are checking it.
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Anyone with a sore throat and a link to a case no matter how tenuous counts. It’s a completely bullshit data point.
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So is that the same as “people who were tested”?
omicron is spreading like wild fire…its only a matter of time now,
A few months ago, when thousands of alerts went out one evening, wasn’t that based on what your cellphone had pinged, rather than the QR-code tracing? I remember wondering then if the QR-code was being used for that, and if I recall correctly (a big if!) the QR codes weren’t part of it.
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