Just Saying | Selfish, reckless people squander Hong Kong’s hard-fought gains in the war against the coronavirus
- Yonden Lhatoo is distressed by a sudden surge in imported and community-spread Covid-19 infections in the city, and condemns the carelessness and complacency behind the rebounding crisis
I can’t help feeling rather resentful about what’s happened over the past week in Hong Kong, and how we’ve squandered all the progress we were making in keeping a lid on coronavirus infections.
For starters, I’ve been working from home since an unfortunate infection in the newsroom forced the closure of our headquarters at Times Square.
On the flip side, social distancing is a critical part of the war against this scourge that is paralysing the world, and I’m fortunate to have a job that allows me to retreat, far from the madding crowd, into my high-rise pigeon hole, unlike many others who have no choice but to head out into the fray day after day.
But my resentment is more to do with the selfish, reckless and complacent behaviour of so many who have now put us in this predicament, just as we were turning a corner in our fight against Covid-19.
The number of cases in this city rose by a shocking 48 on Friday, then by another 17 on Saturday, taking the total past 270.