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Carrie Lam attends the press conference without wearing a mask, Yuan Guoyong "plays a margin": social leaders should lead by example

2022-01-23T05:20:19.624Z


The Omicron variant virus and the Delta variant virus attacked and triggered the fifth wave of the epidemic, but the Chief Executive Carrie Lam still chose to remove her mask when she met with reporters on Saturday (22nd). Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, HKU


The Omicron variant virus and the Delta variant virus attacked and triggered the fifth wave of the epidemic, but the Chief Executive Carrie Lam still chose to remove her mask when she met with reporters on Saturday (22nd).

Yuan Guoyong, chair professor of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University, said in the radio program "Speak Clearly" that both experts and social leaders need to set an example and let all citizens understand that the Omicron virus has a strong ability to spread, so as to suppress the fifth wave of the epidemic as soon as possible. .

A few days ago, Yuan Guoyong advocated that two masks can be worn if necessary. He also demonstrated how to "play on the slap" when he attended the show.


Yuan Guoyong said that if the chief executive's test is negative, and everyone present is wearing masks, he believes that "the risk is really nothing", but the practice is not ideal.

He explained, "Experts or leaders must lead by example. I myself wear two masks for everyone to see... Let all citizens understand that Omicron is capable of spreading..."

Yuan Guoyong put on two masks, a surgical mask inside and a cloth mask outside.

(Wireless News Screenshot)

Yuan Guoyong put on two masks, a surgical mask inside and a cloth mask outside.

(Wireless News Screenshot)

Yuan Guoyong put on two masks, a surgical mask inside and a cloth mask outside.

(Wireless News Screenshot)

He wore a surgical mask on the show, and another "copper core mask" distributed by the government earlier.

Yuan Guoyong explained that surgical masks alone may cause "air leakage". Cloth masks help to press the cheeks, reducing the chance of air leakage and infection.

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Reiterated that the new crown virus "will always be with us and will not leave"

In addition, Yuan Guoyong believes that the "clearing policy" will cost a lot, and calls on the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible, and gradually reopen restaurants and borders. Even if Omicron invades in the future, the virus will be genetically altered to weaken its toxicity, and will only appear after entering the human body. Mild symptoms such as a cold will not cause severe illness and death.

He reminded that Omicron is highly contagious, and medical staff should wear masks, otherwise there is a chance of bringing the virus back to the hospital or shutting down work due to infection after being infected in the community, paralyzing the Hospital Authority.

When asked whether it is necessary to implement universal testing, Yuan Guoyong believes that it is not a sustainable method to control the epidemic. "Coronavirus will stay with us forever and will not leave."

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Urging patients not to hide their whereabouts, the government tracking work is still not ideal

He appealed to the public to inform the authorities of the places they visited and people they had contact with if they were unfortunate enough to be diagnosed, and not to conceal their whereabouts. He also believed that the authorities’ fast and multi-layered tracking work was not ideal, with only about 100 to 200 people responsible. He believed that the government had a good tracking system. , have the opportunity to suppress the fifth wave of the epidemic.

As for whether it is necessary to implement universal testing, Yuan Guoyong believes that it is not a sustainable method to control the epidemic. "Coronavirus will stay with us forever and will not leave." He believes that if the tracking, testing and isolation work is done quickly, there is no need. Increase vaccination centers and vaccination incentives; he also believes that the "vaccine bubble" has been renamed by mistake, "it's safe not to go in", it should be a vaccine passport, and it should be used when returning to work, school, shopping malls, etc. It is believed that the vaccination rate can be greatly improved.

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Source: hk1

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