RE: AS gone AWOL21 Jul 2020 10:13
Hi Spike, we’d be no worse off than currently, as people are already isolating with symptoms and we have those without symptoms now jumping on public transport as Boris says we should. With cold/flu season on the way they won’t have a clue as the current system relies on self declaration. I don’t disagree, gathering data would be very useful in gaining a better understanding, I just think the minefield of privacy is halting progress. Maybe now we’re out of the EU we should alter GDPR, but that’s definitely a separate debate. You either want to try and fight through that quagmire or as PAH has said, go for something fully and truly anonymous and rely on public compliance, just use it for sampling and imply figures - similar to the current ONS approach.