Should we still be using check-in apps?

For much of the pandemic, it's been hammered into us to use check-in apps every time we enter a venue. "That mattered when we tried to keep COVID at zero — so, trying to find every case, in case it's out in the community," she said. With states breaking their previous case records almost daily, Professor Bennett said we had to be, "pragmatic about what's actually feasible". "If you get mild symptoms that normally you might ignore, those symptoms, along with knowing you've been exposed to a case, is enough for you to go and get a PCR test," she said. "The app helps us to easily identify and notify anyone who may have been in contact with COVID-19 positive cases, making contact tracing faster, particularly in those high-risk settings," a spokesperson said.