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Letters | Let Hongkongers use common sense to tackle Covid-19
- Readers urge the government to drop Covid-19 restrictions for arrivals, and question the scientific rationale behind some curbs for those already in the city
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Bernard Chan is right (“Hong Kong must pivot to normality with an unqualified ‘zero’ policy for travellers”, October 21). As he said, we need no quarantine, no medical surveillance and no testing.
Hongkongers should be allowed to use their common sense to protect themselves and those around them. Most of us are vaccinated and many of us are well educated; treating us otherwise is an insult to our intelligence.
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Meanwhile, Hong Kong continues to be throttled by Covid-19 curbs. The authorities need to stop dragging their feet, quit throwing money at lockdowns and mandatory testing, and free us from compulsory mask-wearing, because we are sick of the suffocation. VIPs arriving next month for a major financial conference will reportedly be spared some of our “not lying flat” Covid-19 restrictions. This sounds like a case of “one law for the rich and another for the poor”.
Touting Hong Kong as the place to be while continuing to make a visitor’s first week here an unpleasant experience is counterproductive. Why would anyone choose to be inconvenienced when better options are available? What we regard as “normal” is unacceptable to those living overseas.
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Joan Miyaoka, Sha Tin
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