I heeded the government’s request to get vaccinated and have received both shots of the BioNTech vaccine. Like many, I considered this my civic duty to help Hong Kong recover and get business flowing again. However, what is the point when our government continues to play hindsight policy with its out-of-touch reaction to the ever-changing global improvements in the Covid-19 vaccination rate? I am no better off being vaccinated than not in terms of how Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s ministers treat individuals. I could fly to the United Kingdom, a country that has astounded the world with its successful vaccination roll-out, so successful that it no longer ranks Covid-19 as the leading cause of death (it dropped to the third highest cause in March) and experts have said Britain is no longer in a pandemic situation but at “endemic” levels. However, the Hong Kong government has failed to react at all, insisting that returnees from the UK endure the 21-day quarantine requirement , which must be served at the government-dictated hotel, the Rambler Garden Hotel in Tsing Yi. Some guests have raised complaints about the size of the rooms and their cleanliness. If the government had any concern for the restoration of business in Hong Kong, it needs to move swiftly in reaction to both the negative impact of the pandemic as well as the positive. Why should people get vaccinated when the government fails to offer any benefit? Mark Peaker, The Peak Why longer quarantine may be counter-productive Today I read that certain “experts” are advising caution on the pandemic (“ Take no chances with coronavirus variants, Hong Kong experts warn ”, April 27). It’s clear from what is happening in India that lowering our guard too early is unwise, but what is also now abundantly clear is that the 21-day quarantine in Hong Kong is actually increasing the risk of variants in the community, not reducing it. Experts around the world agree that the incubation period of the virus typically goes up to 14 days; yet when it arrives in Hong Kong, it is suddenly capable of incubating longer. Or is it? Actually, cases of long incubation periods for hotel quarantined guests were far more likely to have been due to spread in the hotels. Thus a shorter hotel quarantine, in line with international norms, would actually keep us safer. And keep those in the hotels saner. Sarah Fairhurst, Tuen Mun