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Letters | Coronavirus vaccine: Hong Kong needs better messaging
- Hong Kong has enough shots to protect everyone in the city, but conspiracy theories and reports of people dying a few days after being vaccinated are scaring people away
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The city’s Covid-19 vaccination drive launched more than a month ago. Since then, more than 440,000 Hong Kong citizens have received at least one jab. Evidence has shown that vaccination can effectively reduce Covid-19 infections, the severity of those infections and deaths.
Withe local infections easing, the government announced the easing of some social distancing measures yesterday. And more good news can be expected, as further loosening of curbs was earlier promised once 30 to 50 per cent of Hongkongers had been vaccinated.
The government is enthusiastically urging citizens to get the vaccine, the supply of which looks to be enough to protect each and every one of us in Hong Kong. However, reports of people dying after receiving the jabs have increased concerns among those who are about to be inoculated, exacerbated perhaps by negative news coverage and conspiracy theories that have been floated online. Many people are hesitating to set foot in a vaccination venue.
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Stronger public messaging is clearly required to get us out of this pandemic and revive the economy.
Randy Lee, Ma On Shan
Let older people be covered first
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