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Health experts slam Health Code in public places unnecessary
In Hong Kong, Beijing loyalists have been urging the government to launch a Health Code system to monitor entrance of eateries and shopping malls, several experts rebuked, calling it a fallacy of concept.
In a radio interview on August 14, Professor David Hui Shu-Cheong, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics in Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), expressed that although the #COVID19 coronavirus continued to spread in Hong Kong with tens of cases confirmed every day, and some sources of these cases remained unknown, launching a Health Code in public places at this moment is unnecessary.
He blatantly called such recommendation a distortion of concept. Hui pointed out that Health Code is only a short-term measure to screen out carriers of coronavirus at the border, so that border control can be relaxed once when the outbreak is put under control.
It is neither an effective means to boost consumption nor a tool to save local economy. Hui clarified that the expert team on epidemic prevention, in which he is a member, has never discussed this issue in their meetings with the government.
Hui also expressed that testing period for Health Code has been continually shortened from every 14 days to 7 day, 3 days and most recently to every day for cross-border drivers in China, showing that usage of Health Code is not for local population, but a temporary arrangement for cross-border communication.
Dr Joseph Tseng Kay Yan, a specialist in Infectious Disease said in another radio program that Health Code might give citizens a wrong impression that having a clean Health Code pass, they are free to “go everywhere” .
Source: RTHK; Apple Daily #Aug14 #WuhanPneumonia #FailedState #TotalitarianRegime #BigData #PersonalPrivacy #DavidHui
Health experts slam Health Code in public places unnecessary
In Hong Kong, Beijing loyalists have been urging the government to launch a Health Code system to monitor entrance of eateries and shopping malls, several experts rebuked, calling it a fallacy of concept.
In a radio interview on August 14, Professor David Hui Shu-Cheong, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics in Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), expressed that although the #COVID19 coronavirus continued to spread in Hong Kong with tens of cases confirmed every day, and some sources of these cases remained unknown, launching a Health Code in public places at this moment is unnecessary.
He blatantly called such recommendation a distortion of concept. Hui pointed out that Health Code is only a short-term measure to screen out carriers of coronavirus at the border, so that border control can be relaxed once when the outbreak is put under control.
It is neither an effective means to boost consumption nor a tool to save local economy. Hui clarified that the expert team on epidemic prevention, in which he is a member, has never discussed this issue in their meetings with the government.
Hui also expressed that testing period for Health Code has been continually shortened from every 14 days to 7 day, 3 days and most recently to every day for cross-border drivers in China, showing that usage of Health Code is not for local population, but a temporary arrangement for cross-border communication.
Dr Joseph Tseng Kay Yan, a specialist in Infectious Disease said in another radio program that Health Code might give citizens a wrong impression that having a clean Health Code pass, they are free to “go everywhere” .
Source: RTHK; Apple Daily #Aug14 #WuhanPneumonia #FailedState #TotalitarianRegime #BigData #PersonalPrivacy #DavidHui
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許樹昌指使用健康碼到食肆消費概念不正確
對於有建議推出香港版健康碼，讓巿民憑這個健康碼可出入食肆商場等消費，政府專家顧問、中大呼吸系統科講座教授許樹昌認為，建議不太適用。 許樹昌於一個電台節目時表示，本港新型肺炎確診數字每日仍然有雙位數，很大比例是來源不明，於疫情仍然嚴重時，使用健康碼到食肆消費，概念不正確，因為健康碼是在疫情穩定時，想通關的臨時措施，以證明無確診下過境時用，並非用作消費，現時不宜用這模式試圖挽救經濟，專家小組會議亦無討論有關問題。 許樹昌說，內地健康碼的期限已逐步縮短，最初中港司機14天一次檢測，之後變成7日其後3日，近期變…
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HK Advisory Panel considers China-made Sinovac’s Covid vaccine “safe” despite its efficiency of just 62.3%: "No Need to Wait for Results Published in Medical Journal"
On Feb 10, 2021, upon the review of the newly developed #Covid19 vaccine by the Chinese company #Sinovac , the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines, established by the Hong Kong SAR government, requested the company to submit supplementary information, and scheduled a reassessment in two weeks.
However, on Feb 16, 2021 the Panel announced that based on the supplementary information received, it was concluded that the pros of the vaccine outbalance the cons, and that it recommended the Department of Health of the Hong Kong government to administer the vaccine for emergency use.
Wallace Lau Chak-sing, the convenor of the Panel, indicated that the efficiency of the vaccine is as high as 62.3%. However, in a data pool with about 11 million testers, 44 developed facial palsy and 2 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome.
When being compared with the efficiency of the vaccine by BioNTech, which is as high as 95%, panel member David HUI Shu-cheong argued that it is impossible to compare different kinds of vaccines, and quoted that the standard efficiency determined by WHO is only 50%. He also said the supplementary data for the vaccine provided by Sinovac was sufficient enough and that it was unnecessary to wait for the publication of its third term report in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Source: Stand News #Feb16
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HK Advisory Panel considers China-made Sinovac’s Covid vaccine “safe” despite its efficiency of just 62.3%: "No Need to Wait for Results Published in Medical Journal"
On Feb 10, 2021, upon the review of the newly developed #Covid19 vaccine by the Chinese company #Sinovac , the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines, established by the Hong Kong SAR government, requested the company to submit supplementary information, and scheduled a reassessment in two weeks.
However, on Feb 16, 2021 the Panel announced that based on the supplementary information received, it was concluded that the pros of the vaccine outbalance the cons, and that it recommended the Department of Health of the Hong Kong government to administer the vaccine for emergency use.
Wallace Lau Chak-sing, the convenor of the Panel, indicated that the efficiency of the vaccine is as high as 62.3%. However, in a data pool with about 11 million testers, 44 developed facial palsy and 2 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome.
When being compared with the efficiency of the vaccine by BioNTech, which is as high as 95%, panel member David HUI Shu-cheong argued that it is impossible to compare different kinds of vaccines, and quoted that the standard efficiency determined by WHO is only 50%. He also said the supplementary data for the vaccine provided by Sinovac was sufficient enough and that it was unnecessary to wait for the publication of its third term report in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Source: Stand News #Feb16
#MadeinChina #Vaccines #DavidHui