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razorpit said:

It’s the flu. Grow up. Unless you’re over 80 or have on average 3 comorbidities you have a 99.997% chance of surviving. The gunshot victims bring that average down slightly.

Other than the often very painful period of being sick and many cases of permanent health problems, the mortality rate from COVID-19 
is much higher than from the flu:
Mortality rate from influenza: .0034% (in the U.S.)
Mortality rate from COVID-19: 1.8 (in the U.S.)
Other countries have as high as a 9.1% mortality rate from COVID.
According to the CDC and Johns Hopkins University.

If you don't mind getting COVID, that's great.  I don't want to or subject others to it. 

Retrain my brain? Without the guidance of a qualified professional?  Uh, no thanks. 

michelb76 said:

JWSC said:

All noble efforts that will come to nothing. Too many will not use these contact tracing apps, due to either lack of awareness or willful non-use.

Apps like these have been successful in other countries, even with relatively low adoption.

Can you give some examples of countries and adoption rates?

Correction: it’s not “ The app will notify people who have potentially been exposed to the coronavirus . . .”
but rather: The app will notify people who have potentially been exposed to people who are using the app and have been confirmed to have the coronavirus and have updated their information on the app to show this.

There’s a big difference. 

Please, Apple, stick to what you do well: hardware and software. Leave news and movies to the experts. If you want more revenue, make devices that make us want to buy them, like in the old days.