Research just released by YouGov suggests despite larger proportions of the public either removing the app or not installing to begin with, almost half of all online British adults (47%) do still currently have it installed. However, YouGov’s research shows that

“a third have turned off their Bluetooth or otherwise disabled the contact tracing function of the NHS COVID-19 app at some point (34%). This includes a fifth (20%) who currently have contact tracing or Bluetooth turned off, meaning this function won’t work, and 14% of users who currently have contract tracing on but have turned it off at certain times in the past. Six in ten (62%) are using this aspect of the app properly, leaving Bluetooth and contract tracing on at all times.”

Of the nightclubbing 18-24 demographic more than half have turned it off at times or permanently, and one in six have deleted the app permanently. Just 9% of 18-24s have the app and are using it correctly. That’s one way of avoiding being a victim of the pingdemic…