My point was that the contact tracers get the patron’s info regardless if required, no matter how it’s collected at POS.
Quite true but as I was constantly reminded over the last 6 months once people began to gather, they need to be able to access the data quickly in order to ensure minimal transmission. Transposing written records of attendance (in our case up to 500 people on a Saturday arvo) would have taken too long to be as effective as it could be with a QR code. Can you also imagine getting 500-odd football followers to stand in line, physically distancing of course
, while each one filled in their name, mobile, email and address in an exercise book? They simply wouldn't after a while hence the reason the QR code is quick, simple and effective….and people did use it. Our local pub was using a pen & paper. We stopped going there when we had to wait for 15 minutes in a queue, preferring the other drinking establishment nearby that had a QR code at the door and the first beer was quenching our thirst within 3 minutes of getting there.