Track and Trace, Government IT fails again! Options

[Mr Brown]

Does any Government sponsored IT development ever work properly? It seems that the much delayed App doesn’t work on older (in some cases by 18 months) ‘Smart’ phones. Still, it’s only little people disadvantaged by this. Government for the few takes off!

[user23]

What should they be using instead?

[SirWilliam]

What should they be using instead?

One is inclined to answer "common sense" coupled with "taking responsibility for your lifestyle". But we all know that not only by-passes HMG directives but also adds ammunition to the doom and gloom mongers who are quite happy for us to bankrupt the country as long as they don't have to meet the cost.
No one should have been under any illusion that this virus was going to return to it's home town anytime soon, so on that premise it is logical that everyone is going to come in contact with it over the next 6 to 12 months. Herd immunity is the only way forward for those who are reasonably healthy, but they need to be aware that the vulnerable must be protected and this is where common sense applies.
By taking responsibility for our lifestyle should, in theory, remove the obese, unfit and generally unhealthy element that are are at present being subsidised by the elderly, the long term sick and those with disabilities.
None of the above is being helped by a testing system that is being used as a prognosis indicator as opposed to diagnostic one. It only needs one person in the testing queue to be a carrier in order to infect everyone else. This is common sense and I am at a complete loss to understand why the scientific brigade are condoning such action when a much more sensible approach would be via home testing kits that are only used when there are obvious indicators.