The fastest data on COVID-19 in the UK - find out first from Prof Tim Spector. 

Thank you for everything you are all doing to help us... You are all a credit to Science. And some sanity, which is sadly rare in 2020... Stay safe and well ❤️

Thank you for the truth - its refreshing in this mess

Thank you Tim and team Zoe 👍☮️. I have been using and reporting daily since not long after the app started. I always check on the stats and shout at the media 😉because their stats differ from the COVID-19 app. Thank you so much for keeping us informed and for being proactive in the changes made to your app. I continue to support you all and the work that you are doing. I am proud to be part of the citizen research . 👍 thank you for the opportunity.

Thank you Professor Tim and Team Zoe, I have been using the app since March and I check figures everytime I report - your figures are more reliable than any pumped out by the government. Congratulations on your MBE from the Queen too.

Thank you team Zoe & Tim. In a world of conflicting chaos you provide information we can trust & rely upon. I am sure you are all exhausted but please know that all you are doing is appreciated & relied upon by a great many people. Thank you.

Great job guys, great source of info to understand the immediate effect of policy changes. Are you planning on adding wearable data to your app at any point? I'm developing common cold detection algorithms from wearable cardiac data I collected in the past, would love to get involved in developing similar for covid. Your symptom and test data would be useful if it could be directly related to cardiac data

Hi Professor Tim, thank you for saying North of England, North West of..., North East of... etc. Really made it clear for me as a Scotland-dweller. Thank you for working so hard on our behalf.

Congratulations on your well deserved MBE and what a great study and useful information and briefings - thank you

Thankyou, any chance you lot could take over from the clowns at number 10 ?

Much appreciated, Tim. I trust you best out of all the reporting!

Thank you. Really impressed with the organic changes to the app. Very well done!

Thank you so much for all you do ❤️

Thank you for all your hard work. I’m personally concerned that people is south east and south west may incorrectly assume they do not have an increased R value. I keep hearing people at my place of work a Public Library say ‘oh we fine here it’s just up north there’s a problem” . People need to social distance, keep rooms well ventilated and wear masks properly in public indoor situations or the south east and West Country will be in the same boat as Liverpool

Thank you for the updates. I log in daily and encourage everyone to use it. New updates sound incredible....well done.

Thank you your app is the sentinel for liverpool much appreciated 👍

Thank you for continuing to provide an understandable, informative and useful report. I have stopped reading newspaper reporting as it is scaremongering. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to be useful by reporting and encouraging others to do the same, also for a sane point of reference.

Thank you Tim and your team

Thank you for your hard work and dedication. This keeps me using your app daily since April! 👍🏼👏🏼🙏🏼

Hi Prof Tim, I live on the Derby border and speaking of tests a company on Pride Park called sure dynostics has produced a 20 minute test for covid 19 and over 90% accurate but the NHS are not willing to purchase that costs £6 instead of paying over £12. The 20 minute test could will find the number of cases faster so people can isolate including going for treatment. To improve the Covid 19 App a good idea to ask people if they are taking vitamin D supplements including the level of vitamin D. The will find out if low level of vitamin d increase the level of covid symptoms and this could be added to the tracker.

Good morning Professor Spector and team. Thank you once again for all that you continue to do. My family member who I reported on last week has made a full recovery thankfully (except she still can’t smell anything). Keeping an eye out for anything “Long COVID” that might appear over the coming months. Looking forward to the new updates on the app and we continue to check in daily with so many other contributors. Keep “doing your thing” guys! 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

Some months ago we answered questions on diet and I think on supplements. Has there been any conclusion as to whether diet or supplements can mitigate the effects of Covid.

I wear a mask when out.As wearing is caring.The only thing I want to spread is this app to other people.Thanks for your great work,to you all.The new changes sound excellent.!.

Would love to know more about how your model works. I'm guessing it's more sophisticated than counting the number of people who have coughs.

Thanks for keeping us updated. Can you not broadcast these briefings on TV. The scientific info is so much more helpful that the political spin we get from the Gov't

Thanks Tim and you Team stay safe

If you want to see Prof Tim's video summary again it seems the only way to get to it is to Report a second time?

It is great to get information that I feel I can use to make my own judgements. Thankyou. I have been following the conversation around Vit D. Is there any information about whether or not Vit D supplementation is useful if you are not deficient in Vit D?

Thank you! So much better than listening to the unbalanced newsfeed elsewhere.

Thanks Tim and team for all you are doing giving us reliable data. You look tired, please try and rest!

Thankyou. Clarity and quality is so much appreciated.

Thank you as always

Thank you. I only listen to you and John Campbell

Your active cases figures show Renfrewshire as currently having the highest per million in the UK by some margin. Can you comment on this?

Thank you for the update Professor Spector. Nice hair cut. 👍🏽

Thank you

Thank you for all your efforts. 🤩

Thankyou Tim and the team for all your hard work and weekly updates. Great app 😁xxxxxxxx

Thank you Tim

I only go on the information you give as I know it’s accurate... thanks for everything you are doing!

Thanks for keeping us in the loop. You are doing great things

Thank you,all helpful.Just hoping our tier 2 will help it reduce.

Thank you Tim and Team Zoe for all the updates and keeping us informed!

Thank you

Thank you Tim, I advise as many people as possible about this brilliant resource & the app , good news about the ongoing updates to the app which is very much appreciated. This resource is my " go to" for any updates ref COVID19 as I am confident in the accuracy of the information above any other sources. Keep up the good work you are an exceptional team.

Thanks Tim and the team, I look forward to seeing new version of app.

Thanks Tim!

It’s Polio awareness day today. Did you know that survivors of polio suffer with after effects (and PPS) such as muscle weakness, fatigue, breathing problems, pain, swallowing which look similar to long COVID survivors. In the past some polio survivors used iron lungs now for COVID use ventilators. Is there any correlation between the 2 viruses? Love to hear from you.

Thank you Tim & team for the evidence based information. Have been checking in on the App since just after it was launched. I suffered from symptoms exactly the same as Covid 19 ones back in January/Feb this year. Fatigue, temperature and persistant cough. I had never experienced anything like this previously being fit and healthy. I just wondered if at any point you will be conducting antibody testing on those who think they may have had Covid19. Thanks for the good work.

"Cases" instead of "infections" sounds much more dire. If I get infected with a cold virus, I'd rather be classed as INFECTED, not as a CASE.

I'm curious why you seem to have stopped collecting data other than "I'm (not) feeling OK" and test results. Do you have enough data, for example, on responders' activities outside home? As rules become stricter, it's helpful to understand the evidence underpinning bans on this, closures of that, curfews, etc.

Can I echo these positive comments. Why don't government ministers who squander billions of pounds of our money on useless test and trace schemes, and attempts to purchase PPE from shell companies set up by changers, promote this app?? Keep up the good work Tim et al.

I don't get it. Public Health England say there is 67.4 cases per 100.000 in my area. The App says there is over 700.

I'm concerned that marketing emails for silk masks are been promoted to only female participants in your study. I gave out my information on the understanding that it was to be used exclusively for the symptom study and not marketing?

The new graph for cases in your area is great. When you tap to get choice of time period, only bottom axis of graph displays? This is on android samsung S6 with latest OS.

In the changes, can you pls add a box for a post code so we can find out the situation were our relatives live? Thx to you and team

Any comments about Northern Ireland would be appreciated. Possibly not enough data?

I'm sorry but this is rubbish and i have stopped using the app. The cases in my area on the app are quadruple the actual documented cases confirmed by a test so it allows people who think they are positive to log even though its not confirmed

What about Northern Ireland, do we not exist?

Ditto to most of the comments here. Your hard work is much appreciated. Thank you to all

Look forward to your updates each week . I have bedn sharing the app with as many people as I can . Will be great to get quicker data . Thank you for all your hard work and to Zoe too . Congratulations on your well deserved honour from the Queen too . 👏🙂

What about northern Ireland why do I feel like the uk forgets about us

The failing of the reporting is that you ask if we are feeling OK. However, there are many reasons why we might not feel OK, that are not the result of covid 19. Rather than ask if we are OK, perhaps better to ask if we are experiencing 1,2 or more of the identified symptoms. List the known symptoms then ask the question, are you experiencing any of these symptoms? Ask us to say how many, if we are.

Still haven't discovered that N.Ireland exists.

Thankyou Prof Tim. But also look after yourself.

Thankyou for the up dates which are so clear.

What about Northern Ireland? Not mentioned!!

Thank you for keeping us up to date, it has certainly made me feel more confident about knowing what is going on. I have, unfortunately, lost confidence in the governments data and am glad that you give a real view of what is happening. Again, thank you, Cathy

Thank you so much for this app and data you are collecting and providing us with. Absolutely brilliant x

Thank you again for your regular clear and concise updates. Its a relief amongst the unintelligible biased media and inconsistent and incompetent government we have.

I see you're promiting a mask on your site Would you consider pairing up with the Cambridge Mask Company?. Their masks are, I understand, 99.6% antiviral. I am not a benefactor in ANY way, but it strikes me that it might be quite useful to wear an antiviral mask, as I believe these are. Just a thought. 😊

Anyone? Good epidemiological studies that show fomite transmission or Indeed efficacy of masks as worn by the public in public. Not from labs, but RL epidemiological evidence

Thanks!

Was there a north south divide in the early part of the pandemic back in March April May time or was the spread of the virus equal throughout the UK.

Thankyou for all your hard work. I really appreciate it & have been logging for a long time.

What about Scotland please?

But great, great job. Thx. 😀

Thankyou for all your hard work. The clarity and reliability of your data is helpful. Thankyou

The new data showing cases in my area is so helpful. It gives more clarity about what is actually going on. Keep up the amazing work. We depend on you.

Thank you for your no nonsense clear information. The only information I trust

Did you know that it appeared that the app was not working yesterday on iOS. Tried all day to report but just kept coming up with a white screen? I assume you will have lost a lot of data?

Er which app is this?

Thank you for all your work team. Stay safe .😷❤

thank you

can you please define a case

Perhaps if Covid returns in 14 years time a chap in the Outer Hebridies might consider possibly entertaining the thought, however fleeting, of actually beginning to cogitate on the possibility of actually physically wearing a mask. For at least five min's, before he goes out.

Can’t get in the app 🙁

You've asked me to get a test .I have none of the 3 symptoms, said I was key worker, on gov. pilot as advised, but only pilot accepted is VISITING PROFESSIONAL pilot. If I say no, no test.Is this a glitch?

When a Government, can spend 10 billion on a useless Track & Trace system, ran by private companies , it so refreshing to listen to an experienced person, accustomed to dealing with horrid diseases. The NHS, has many such dedicated people, who work to keep us safe. Sadly Boris Johnson, isn't one of them.

Tim - why call them 'cases' when they are just positive test results? And isn't it important to out the number in context of how many are being tested?

Thanks Tim for being here for us. We appreciate it.