May as well forget scanning in

[SueDonim]

I had thought that the point of the QR codes scanning was the automation of contract tracing but somehow it seems not. It should just be automatic - when someone test positive, everyone who has been to the same place at the same time should just get an automated message. All the time consuming stuff is then the extra to cover those who don't scan.

So if the system is being used as it should, the extra numbers of cases should mean that there is no time for the manual tracing. But the Scanning system should still do it's job.

Does anyone know why this doesn't seem to be the case?

as far as i know the contact trace app doesn't actually share any data with anyone unless you tell it to.  It just collects the info until you are asked to share it with/by the contact tracer. 

Personally, the next logical extension would be for it to submit all contact points automatically and do all the notifications automatically but I suspect the feeling is that a certain few might find that encroaches on their freedoms...

I wouldn't worry about those who think it encroaches on the their freedoms. I like the freedom of the knowledge of how to be best kept safe. I know that the app doesn't give any individual the information of where you have been, but I did think that MoH could push out to let you know that you have been to a location of interest. If it doesn't it should.