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Best reactions after another Govt u-turn…this time on tracing apps

We have lost count of the number of Government u-turns but the reactions to each one are genius.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-06-19 13:45
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The Government awarded contracts worth more than £11 million to companies to help develop its contact tracing app before its U-turn to work with Apple and Google, figures indicate.

According to Government records published online so far, 11 contracts have been awarded to private firms aiding the app’s development totalling £11,297,811.

On Thursday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock defended the Government’s decision to abandon plans to develop its own app – which has been in testing on the Isle of Wight for more than a month – and instead use software built by Apple and Google.

Mr Hancock told the daily Downing Street briefing on Thursday that developers had been working on both the NHSX app and the design offered by Apple and Google since May, but the NHSX app had hit a “technical barrier” during testing on the Isle of Wight.

He said: “We found that our app works well on Android devices but Apple software prevents iPhones being used effectively for contact tracing unless you are using Apple’s own technology.”

"We discovered a technical barrier" that every other country with track and trace apps has found, says Health Secretary Matt Hancock

"Our app won't work because Apple won't change their system"https://t.co/b10HSyJ6Xq pic.twitter.com/dEYNBzGrWF

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 18, 2020

And as you can imagine many people were in disbelief at another government u-turn.

1.

I think it’s time to turn Matt Hancock off & then on again.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) June 18, 2020

2.

https://twitter.com/MarieAnnUK/status/1273699619785113600

3.

I'm going to build my own contact tracing app with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the contact tracing app. pic.twitter.com/BYtlfvvNUj

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 18, 2020

4.

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https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1273629273459490822

5.

Brilliant. According to the govt our useless track and trace app was part of a world-beating international effort into showing other countries what not to do. taking one for the team

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) June 18, 2020

6.

https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1273655589923676161

7.

The government's latest track and trace app… YOU'VE GOT COVID! pic.twitter.com/DkzFjtDuP7

— Trudi (@Trudski2012) June 18, 2020

8.

really sorry to announce that my world beating app is not compatible with Apple or Android phones because it was developed on a ZX Spectrum

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@mrdavemacleod) June 18, 2020

9.

Who could have predicted that a government that got it so wrong on going into lockdown and PPE and protecting care homes and testing and getting kids back to school and everything else would have got it so wrong on the track and trace app. https://t.co/gqZs0W2LAA

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) June 18, 2020

10.

https://twitter.com/danbloom1/status/1273656923431239684

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