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Letters | Hong Kong coronavirus: why not give out cash for actually doing something?
- The Hong Kong government has showered the public with cash handouts for doing absolutely nothing
- Amid the widening spread of the Delta variant, why not give people handouts for taking two vaccine doses?
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According to media reports, and as confirmed by Hong Kong government press releases, vaccine hesitancy is high and only 21 per cent of the Hong Kong population has been fully vaccinated.
In a public health move, the government announced that it will suspend passenger flights from the United Kingdom from July 1, due to rising cases of the Delta variant there.
But – that’s also a blow to local commerce. I am saddened that the vaccine take-up rate is still so low – it’s so easy to do! Our vaccination process took only 30 minutes in total.
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I have real concern for Hong Kong’s immediate future. At the moment, the world is seeing the widening spread of the Delta variant. We are lucky that the top-tier vaccines seem to afford protection against this variant.
But as the new variant circulates among unvaccinated people, it creates the potential for even more transmissible variants that could also mean worse outcomes for personal and community health.
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The global spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19
The global spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19
Higher rates of inoculation will slow down the speed at which subsequent mutations can develop in the community.
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