I'm just Bookmarking these rules for our latest lockdown, for my future ref.
Pretty much everything is closed down and people can only gather in twos. Which is not gathering at all, really. Fines are increased to $HK5,000.
The silliest rule is the closing of beaches. The science — which everyone claims to be following — shows that this is "not an outdoor virus". I analysed the government stats on the 7,000-odd cases here in Hong Kong. Not one was contracted outside,
Closing schools is also anti-science. Schools are safer to be in than home.
If I wanted to visit Australia, I'd need an exemption certificate from the Australian government, spend two weeks quarantined on arrival and spend another two weeks quarantined in a hotel room here on return.
We grin and bear it.
Why we keep saying "Fourth Wave" is a bit odd, as the alleged First Wave was just a tiny ripple in January.
