I am a healthcare worker who provides front-line services to senior care facilities all over VA, DC, MD. I just received this in my inbox. (Pic Related). The third item down is titled "Covidwise"
"On August 5, VDH launched COVIDWISE, a mobile app that can notify people of exposure to someone with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Notification is calibrated to people who are considered “close contacts,” defined as being six feet or less from a person with COVID-19 for greater than 15 minutes. The program employs a high degree of privacy protection and relies on people to “opt-in.” For people notified of being exposed to COVID-19 through the app, if they are symptomatic, VDH recommends self-isolation, medical evaluation and testing. If they are asymptomatic, VDH recommends self-quarantine for 14 days from the date of the last exposure and testing. Close contacts within a household might require a longer self-quarantine period if they are unable to separate from the person with COVID-19. For additional information on release from isolation or quarantine, see here"
This makes me nervous. It is quite possible that HC facilities wil begin requiring this download as a requirement to work. I WILL NOT COMPLY!! And this means that I may be VERY unemployed soon.
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/covidwise/