A woman walks past a banner announcing the temporary closure of a venue in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay area on January 8, after the Omicron variant was detected in the city. Photo: AFP
A woman walks past a banner announcing the temporary closure of a venue in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay area on January 8, after the Omicron variant was detected in the city. Photo: AFP
Mike Rowse
Opinion

Opinion

Mike Rowse

Hong Kong must stop protecting the unvaccinated and punishing everyone else

  • Even if the mainland chooses to stick to its zero-Covid policy, Hong Kong should be free to pursue a different strategy to preserve its status as a travel hub
  • Hong Kong needs to rethink its policy, which can be summed up as: protect the unvaccinated, punish the vaccinated, and if in doubt sacrifice the children

Mike Rowse
Mike Rowse

Updated: 10:45am, 31 Jan, 2022

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A woman walks past a banner announcing the temporary closure of a venue in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay area on January 8, after the Omicron variant was detected in the city. Photo: AFP
A woman walks past a banner announcing the temporary closure of a venue in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay area on January 8, after the Omicron variant was detected in the city. Photo: AFP
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