Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s administration is beginning to rival the much-derided cabinet of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in making U-turns , though nothing rivals the disastrous extradition bill that sent Hong Kong up in flames. I say this even as I can understand the chaos, loss and in some cases financial ruin that many vendors have suffered because of the previous ill-advised decision to ban the Lunar New Year fair . The government seems to be behind the curve in its effort to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Venues that allowed overcrowding, such as dance parlours , were overlooked and contact tracing was inefficient (“ Another Hong Kong lockdown ends as Beijing’s help sought on Covid-19 jabs ”, January 26). I hope the government does a proper job of rolling out the vaccination programme, our hoped-for way out of this pandemic. I am in total agreement with Dr Lam Ching-Choi that the vaccinations should start as soon as possible and not be hindered by the reported cases of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine complications in Norway. It is a calculated risk worth taking, and statistically it pales into insignificance when taking into account the millions of jabs administered worldwide. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and we cannot afford the luxury of academic pontifications. Vaccination easier said than done, as Carrie Lam has now discovered A day of delay in rolling out the vaccine means another day of delay for returning to normalcy and the economic benefit that accompanies it. I just hope that, with all the head start available, the government does not make a dog’s breakfast of it. Lam Kam Sing, Tai Po Vaccines fiasco latest in official incompetence We all know how our elites botched the important and necessary extradition bill in 2019 through their arrogance and incompetence. We now get to see them do it again with the vaccine roll-out (“ Amid delays, Carrie Lam asks for Beijing’s help in securing another Covid-19 vaccine ”, January 26). They were late to order sufficient vaccines, and then began wringing their hands about getting the Pfizer-BioNTech shots because some very old people had adverse reactions in Norway. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and the other indecisive administrative officers would vote to reassess their situations if they were being bitten by a dog and could not decide whether to kick it. I want my vaccine and I want it now. Ian Dubin, Shek Tong Tsui
