MI COVID Alert Reviews

I am a hairstylist and can’t socially distance at my job, so I take every precaution I can during this pandemic to keep myself, my family, and my clients all safe. I was so happy to hear the governor encouraging everyone to use MICOVIDAlert bc I felt like it could be a great tool to help stop the spread! I’ve had it downloaded since day one. I’ve never had it notify me and still I check it once a week to make sure it’s updated. Yesterday, I got a positive Covid test result and immediately went on to notify others that I may have been near, but forgot to contact. What a joke! You need a pin to do that, and the only way to receive one is to CALL the health dept or the Covid hotline/211. It’s the weekend, and cases are spiking. It will probably be days before I will actually be able to SPEAK to anyone, unless it’s an emergency. I looked at the reviews on MICOVIDAlert and read many of the SAME complaints. Back in DECEMBER, the developers said they would have a solution within DAYS; it’s now been MONTHS!! Why did the state spend all of this time and money on an app that is basically useless? Timing is EVERYTHING when u get a positive case! By the time I am able to get a pin to notify others, they will have already possibly infected who knows how many?
Someone needs to address this issue ASAP!

Has anyone actually tried reporting a positive result through MICOVIDAlert ? It asks you for a pin number. I called my local health department and after being transferred five times they told me that they don’t give out pin numbers at my local health department. So I called 211 as well as the toll-free number and the menu options put you into a infinite loop and you cannot get someone to talk to you on the phone. MICOVIDAlert has now become useless to me and anyone else who wants to report their positive result.
UPDATE-I received a call from the local health department to verify my information and they sent me over a pin number. After trying multiple times over an hour, I am still not able to share a positive result through MICOVIDAlert . Once you type the pin in, you get a circling box that says “verifying“. I let it sit there for 20 minutes before I tried again and the same thing. Restarted the phone and the same. MICOVIDAlert just isn’t working.

Easy to install. It depends on people to use MICOVIDAlert , and to self-report when they know they have been exposed or if they test positive. It’s anonymous. All the system does is alert others who were close to an exposed person. It uses the short-range (30 feet) Bluetooth radio in your smartphone, NOT GPS information. Again, it’s completely anonymous for those who self-report and to anyone who is later alerted. All of us who use MICOVIDAlert provide a benefit to our communities, and to ourselves, as well. It’s not a perfect system. If it betters your chances (or a loved one) by 15%, would you use it? 5%? You betcha.

Hey... MICOVIDAlert does NOT detect Covid. The only way you will see ANY notice is IF the person uses MICOVIDAlert to warn us. I cannot give it any “star ratings” because I see nothing or notice any changes in MICOVIDAlert . I have it a neutral rating so that I could post my review.
Battery drainage? I see zero drainage on my cell. Make sure to check your Battery in your Settings and see where most of the drainage is coming from.
Remember, this is a brand new App and most do not know about it. Let’s just hope most will use it.
As for the city offices that spread Covid, noticing that MICOVIDAlert was out there for one day or so at that time, they probably did not know about MICOVIDAlert yet? Hopefully it was on the news or in the media to warn people?
I am trying to stay positive here. The BEST way to stay safe is to WEAR A MASK! Now that is one thing I can complain about. When I am out at the park or driving by a little league game, 99.9% of the people were NOT wearing a mask! That is a shame!
Stay safe everyone. We need to stick together and do what is right, because we ALL are going through this.

I like the idea . But the fact that MICOVIDAlert relies completely on self reporting and given the delays in reporting test results, this fall far short of being an effective tool. By the time you actually get your test result, if you’re one of the VERY FEW people that have downloaded MICOVIDAlert , the effectiveness goes out the window . MICOVIDAlert will not track your movements from 3 or 4 or more days ago to tell you that you were in close contact with someone who finally got their result and then decided to go ahead and report through MICOVIDAlert.

The way these contact tracing apps work is actually quite interesting. Somewhat counterintuitively, its able to do its job effectively without violating your privacy.

It doesn't track your location, it doesn't know your name or anything about you, it doesn't know the identities of the people you've come into contact with, and it doesn't spread any information about who you are to others.

Very awesome to know that we can keep ourselves safe during a public health crisis without having to give up our privacy.

I really like MICOVIDAlert! I find it to be very useful and informational. It helps us stay alert and well aware of everything. I feel like MICOVIDAlert has potential to help decrease the spread of COVID-19 in Michigan. MICOVIDAlert will allow our community to stay safe. I recommend MICOVIDAlert to everyone. The whole idea of posting your results is a really smart thing. However, even though the results will most definitely be off by a couple days, results are results and it’ll help all of us stay safe.

I’ve been using MICOVIDAlert hoping it would alert me to any potential exposures, and now i know why it has never alerted me. I tested positive almost a week ago, still have not been contacted by the health dept and still haven’t received a PIN number to alert anyone else. By now it’s far too late to do any good by alerting anyone. After a year of this pandemic, i should’ve received a PIN as soon as i tested positive: they have my info, my email, my phone number. But nothing, just silence. A good idea, but if you aren’t going to support it, it’s doing more harm than good, offering those using it a false sense of safety when really there is none.

Basically 2 phones have to have MICOVIDAlert installed. If one persons tests positive AND reports it in MICOVIDAlert AND your phone was within 6 feet for at least 15 minutes, then your app would provide you a notification.

If the person who tests positive DOES NOT share the results in their app, your app would NOT provide you a notification.

Be courteous to others and report positive test results in MICOVIDAlert .

It’s better to be educated about the Situation then not to be I don’t have any more room on my phone but I love MICOVIDAlert I’m gonna have to get a memory card so that I can get MICOVIDAlert I downloaded it but I can only use it for a day because there was Not enoughSpace to keep it on my phone but I definitely would’ve kept it

I ended up getting covid and only place I can think of is between 3 places... mainly a grocery store near me.... I went to self report however I did not have a “PIN” from the local health department. I was in the hospital when I found out about being positive. It would be nice to be able to report being positive. I called all 3 places myself and told them I tested positive so the employees are aware of exposure. I did NOT have symptoms. However now I have a stuffy nose that comes and goes, can’t smell, and hardly can taste.

Extremely simple to use and all of your privacy is protected. Really is a must have app if you live and/or work in Michigan. Download MICOVIDAlert to help curb the spread of the virus, so our economy can remain open. Even more imperative that we all have these exposure notification apps with the new, more contagious variants around. Stay safe everyone 😷🙂

I had everyone in my household download MICOVIDAlert when it became available. We have never gotten a notification, which in theory is great.
Our whole family was exposed to COVID and four out of the five of us contracted it. My husband and daughter actually received a pin and put it into their app, and I still have not gotten an exposure notification. It’s been 5 days, which is definitely over 24 hours.
So while I love the idea of MICOVIDAlert , the sensitivity of the notification parameters is not ideal.

I like the idea and functionality of MICOVIDAlert however I wonder if this will be as affective as this was meant to be unless as many people as possible can download and use it.I kind of feel like those who don’t care too much about Covid probably it wouldn’t care to download MICOVIDAlert anyway.

I was at the Clinton Township mi clerks office on 10-21, stood in line went to several desks talked to three people at clerks office. The one who handed my ballot to me didn’t have a mask on.
I get home later that day turn on evening news to find that right after I left, it was discovered the clerk and other people who work there had Covid and didn’t report it. The office was shut down right around an hour after I left and is closed for next 5 days...during an election...and I was exposed having been there.

I waited for MICOVIDAlert to alert me, I mean it was on the news! It’s reported! I was there for hours!
They closed the township offices due to it!

But this morning I looked...app still says “no exposures”. It is unreliable and just failed the most simple test. Who put this thing out?

Grade: total fail

This is basically a Covid/Vaccine passport in the making. The government’s way to track our every move and control who goes where.

This whole pandemic came directly from China and a high general in the Chinese army was caught in video bragging that China attacked us and got away with it! Our current loser president is doing nothing to investigate where the virus came from, so why would we allow them to know our every move, where we went and who we were with.

Please beware

Just downloaded three days ago I’ve traveled and run a lot of errands clocked in at least 25 mile radius nothing coming up so far. Not much as far as information or user maneuverability goes.

In response to the review of “useless” MICOVIDAlert is better than nothing. Maybe if enough of us sign up it will change the thinking and would become very effective tool. Let give it a try and encourage other to do the same.

Glad to see this is available. I think there needs to be an increased campaign so everyone is aware and will make it more effective. Everyone living and traveling in Michigan should have MICOVIDAlert activated to help with the test and trace and eventually the elimination of covid!!

Suffers from the necessity of having to obtain a passcode from one's local health department (who either are hard to reach or lack knowledge or training) to submit a COVID-positive test result. Also failed to notify me of an exposure from someone who also had MICOVIDAlert . They were only able to submit their status via MICOVIDAlert after receiving the runaround from their county health department when requesting a verification passcode.

Its been a long since other states have released similar apps. I have been waiting for MICOVIDAlert because it could help notify people who have been in close contact with someone testing positive such as in the grocery store.

I’m so happy that MICOVIDAlert exists during this time right now. It shows if you have been exposed in the location and time. It is just really helpful. Please download it! It could save lives!

I really like the idea of MICOVIDAlert, but it absolutely DESTROYS my battery.