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Letters | Hong Kong third wave is receding: open up the beaches

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An elderly swimmer adjusts his goggles at the Hung Hom waterfront last December. Swimming is an important way of maintaining muscle mass for many senior citizens. Photo: Winson Wong
Now that the citywide Covid-19 testing scheme has resulted in fewer hits than would be expected from false positives in such an investigation, it must be clear that there is no hidden reservoir of asymptomatic carriers in Hong Kong.

Surely then we can take away the barriers from our beaches, and allow us to enjoy what remains of the summer and autumn.

The rationale for closing the beaches was fairly dubious in the first place. Not a single cluster was associated with attending a beach. In most cases, beachgoers were conscientious in maintaining social distancing.

The only ones that found this difficult were parents with children. Families that live together should have been treated as a single individual anyway, if one has it they all will.

I am a senior citizen, and swimming is an important way of maintaining my muscle mass. Over the months, while the beaches have been closed, I have been getting decidedly weaker. Of course, this may be government policy – dispose of the elders, so there will be more money available to build white elephants.

David Jones, Shouson Hill

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