‘I Don’t Dare Get the Shot’: Virus Ravages Unvaccinated Older Hong Kongers
By Stevenson and Ramzy, Feb. 25, 2022, NY Times

Nursing homes in Hong Kong have been closed to visitors since
last fall. Still, cases have appeared in many homes in recent
weeks, industry officials say. At meetings of representatives
of some 300 homes this week, more than 70 percent said they had
recorded Covid cases in residents or staff members, said Joe Chan,
secretary of the Elderly Services Assn of Hong Kong, an industry group.

“For us, the situation right now is really not healthy,” said
Mr. Chan, who is also the managing director of the Granyet Elderly
Care Group, which runs six homes with 640 beds. “There are no
quarantine centers for our staff or close contacts with cases.
All of them are stuck in elderly homes, which is not a good environment.”

The Hong Kong government has yet to issue official guidelines to
nursing homes on how to handle an outbreak, said Chua Hoi-wai, the
chief executive of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Despite
having had two years to prepare for such an event, the rapid spread
caught many by surprise.

“No one had ever expected we would have so many confirmed cases in
so few weeks,” Mr. Chua said. Some care facilities, he said, are
looking at waits of as long as a month for public health workers to
visit and administer shots.

The spiraling outbreak might not sway the attitudes of Hong Kong
residents like Ms. Lam, the 80-year-old who has yet to get the jab,
unless the government makes inoculations mandatory.

“I won’t get vaccinated as long as I have a choice,” Ms. Lam said.
“Let young people get the shot.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/business/hong-kong-unvaccinated-elderly.htm

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On 27/2/2022 4:07 pm, David P. wrote:

‘I Don’t Dare Get the Shot’: Virus Ravages Unvaccinated Older Hong Kongers
By Stevenson and Ramzy, Feb. 25, 2022, NY Times

Nursing homes in Hong Kong have been closed to visitors since
last fall. Still, cases have appeared in many homes in recent
weeks, industry officials say. At meetings of representatives
of some 300 homes this week, more than 70 percent said they had
recorded Covid cases in residents or staff members, said Joe Chan,
secretary of the Elderly Services Assn of Hong Kong, an industry group.

“For us, the situation right now is really not healthy,” said
Mr. Chan, who is also the managing director of the Granyet Elderly
Care Group, which runs six homes with 640 beds. “There are no
quarantine centers for our staff or close contacts with cases.
All of them are stuck in elderly homes, which is not a good environment.”

The Hong Kong government has yet to issue official guidelines to
nursing homes on how to handle an outbreak, said Chua Hoi-wai, the
chief executive of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Despite
having had two years to prepare for such an event, the rapid spread
caught many by surprise.

“No one had ever expected we would have so many confirmed cases in
so few weeks,” Mr. Chua said. Some care facilities, he said, are
looking at waits of as long as a month for public health workers to
visit and administer shots.

The spiraling outbreak might not sway the attitudes of Hong Kong
residents like Ms. Lam, the 80-year-old who has yet to get the jab,
unless the government makes inoculations mandatory.

“I won’t get vaccinated as long as I have a choice,” Ms. Lam said. “Let young people get the shot.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/business/hong-kong-unvaccinated-elderly.htm

If he don't dare get the shot is up to him, but if the law wants him to
get the shot, he would have to vacate from HK or get a jail term until
he complied with it. In other country, the law forces everyone to
comply, and this included foreigners working in the country,

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On 27/2/2022 4:07 pm, David P. wrote:

‘I Don’t Dare Get the Shot’: Virus Ravages Unvaccinated Older Hong Kongers
By Stevenson and Ramzy, Feb. 25, 2022, NY Times

Nursing homes in Hong Kong have been closed to visitors since
last fall. Still, cases have appeared in many homes in recent
weeks, industry officials say. At meetings of representatives
of some 300 homes this week, more than 70 percent said they had
recorded Covid cases in residents or staff members, said Joe Chan,
secretary of the Elderly Services Assn of Hong Kong, an industry group.

“For us, the situation right now is really not healthy,” said
Mr. Chan, who is also the managing director of the Granyet Elderly
Care Group, which runs six homes with 640 beds. “There are no
quarantine centers for our staff or close contacts with cases.
All of them are stuck in elderly homes, which is not a good environment.”

The Hong Kong government has yet to issue official guidelines to
nursing homes on how to handle an outbreak, said Chua Hoi-wai, the
chief executive of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Despite
having had two years to prepare for such an event, the rapid spread
caught many by surprise.

“No one had ever expected we would have so many confirmed cases in
so few weeks,” Mr. Chua said. Some care facilities, he said, are
looking at waits of as long as a month for public health workers to
visit and administer shots.

The spiraling outbreak might not sway the attitudes of Hong Kong
residents like Ms. Lam, the 80-year-old who has yet to get the jab,
unless the government makes inoculations mandatory.

“I won’t get vaccinated as long as I have a choice,” Ms. Lam said. “Let young people get the shot.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/business/hong-kong-unvaccinated-elderly.htm

It was said here that they have had two years to prepare for such an
event, but the rapid spread caught many by surprise. In our observation
with our people there, it is the selfishness of people there in no
cooperating with the key essentials, such as these:

1. social distancing, 2. washing of hands, 3. masking up properly, 4.
staying home, 5. avoid unnecessary outside visits, 6. cleaning up of
trains, buses, taxis, shops, lifts, markets, and crowded places at all
times, and 7. People who are sick should stay and isolate at home.

These 7 essentials are very much the basic requirement of successes in overcoming the spread if the people there are cooperating well with the measures that were already issued by the government. On its part, the government of HK has already had the China to help in the building of quarantine facility and isolation quarters to take up the long waiting
list of people awaiting to quarantine.

Seriously speaking, as most of the infected people are Omicron cased
with none or some symptoms of just like normal flu patients. they should
rest at home instead. Their home would be more comfortable for they have
their own toilet, and they can cook their own meals at home, too. The
only thing required of them is to keep masking even at home, and keep
away from other member in the household by keeping the room door closed,
and keep the home clean and well ventilated.

Hence, from the article, the rapid spread is due in our opinion to the selfishness of the people there who are still not cooperating well with
each other and many are working to foment spread and panic, and lies, too.

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kico wrote:

David P. wrote:

‘I Don’t Dare Get the Shot’: Virus Ravages Unvaccinated Older Hong Kongers
By Stevenson and Ramzy, Feb. 25, 2022, NY Times
[ . . . ] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/business/hong-kong-unvaccinated-elderly.htm

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It was said here that they have had two years to prepare for such an
event, but the rapid spread caught many by surprise. In our observation
with our people there, it is the selfishness of people there in no cooperating with the key essentials, such as these:

1. social distancing, 2. washing of hands, 3. masking up properly, 4. staying home, 5. avoid unnecessary outside visits, 6. cleaning up of
trains, buses, taxis, shops, lifts, markets, and crowded places at all times, and 7. People who are sick should stay and isolate at home. [ . . . ]

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God's Plan is that every species has natural enemies that control its numbers! Standard operating procedure in Nature is: Exposure and Immunity!
The Laws of Nature supersede and overrule Human Laws!
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"David P." wrote in message news:9928a7d3-8fae-499b-8e28-2bc10fe4df51n@googlegroups.com...

God's Plan is that every species has natural enemies that control its numbers!
Standard operating procedure in Nature is: Exposure and Immunity!
The Laws of Nature supersede and overrule Human Laws!

As I've said from the beginning: Just let the damn disease run its course
and let the corpses fall where they may. Most epidemics run their course and burn out within six months to a year. Every time there's a new "vaccine" the virus mutates into yet another form, so it seems the Kung Flu with be with
us forever, becoming endemic...

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Byker wrote:

"David P." wrote:.

God's Plan is that every species has natural enemies that control its numbers!
Standard operating procedure in Nature is: Exposure and Immunity!
The Laws of Nature supersede and overrule Human Laws!

As I've said from the beginning: Just let the damn disease run its course
and let the corpses fall where they may. Most epidemics run their course and burn out within six months to a year. Every time there's a new "vaccine" the virus mutates into yet another form, so it seems the Kung Flu with be with
us forever, becoming endemic...

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I think "flattening the curve" just makes it last longer! lol
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