Weekly Exclusive Selection｜Why does Hong Kong have to insist on "dynamic clearing"?

Since the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong has continued to rise in the two weeks, hitting record highs one after another.

After hitting a record of 164 confirmed cases in a single day on January 27, it exceeded 300 on February 5 and 6, 600 on the 7th and 8th, and 1,000 for the first time on the 9th, setting a new high since the epidemic two years ago.

With the surge in the number of confirmed cases in a single day, more and more buildings and estates have been included in the compulsory inspection list, and long queues have been formed at various nucleic acid testing points. , public resources, especially the medical system, are facing severe tests.

The director of the Hong Kong Department of Health, Lin Wenjian, said frankly that the current epidemic situation is quite critical.

According to calculations made by a team from the Department of Biomedicine of the City University of Hong Kong using mathematical models, the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong may infect about 250,000 people, and the current round of epidemics will peak at the end of February or March.

Facing the surging fifth round of the epidemic, what should Hong Kong do?

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Let data speak directly is the key to anti-epidemic work

On January 23, 2021, on the first anniversary of the outbreak of the epidemic in Hong Kong, compulsory quarantine was imposed in Jordan's closed area.

"Hong Kong 01" reporters stayed in the blockade area for interviews, and filmed that residents could go out for a short time in addition to testing, and the rest of the time could only pass the time at home. The city that had never stopped noisy seems to have suddenly stopped.

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Child abuse report reveals hidden dangers

The suspected child abuse scandal broke out at Tong Le Ju, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children. Until last Friday (February 11), 24 staff of the home were arrested, and the total number of children who were victims was 39.

The council commissioned an independent review committee to investigate the incident. The interim report submitted a few days ago not only reiterated a number of outrageous incidents that were defined as abuse, but also revealed that the institutional governance was ineffective, directly or indirectly prolonging the time children were mistreated.

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The child abuse scandal broke out in the "Tong Le Ju" under the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, and the independent review committee's review report mentioned that the director general of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, Cai Su Shuxian, had accepted the resignation.

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Don't let Hong Kong become a big shopping mall

Last Tuesday (February 8), Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced a number of measures to curb the spread of the epidemic, and the vaccine passport will be officially implemented on the 24th of this month.

In the future, citizens who enter the six types of places of worship, shopping malls, department stores, markets (or bazaars), hairdressers and barbershops must be vaccinated just like entering restaurants.

Soon, some people began to pay attention to whether unvaccinated citizens would "have no home" under the new measures.

Taking Ma'anshan Newport City as an example, since the building is located on the railway and the shopping mall, theoretically, residents need to pass through the shopping mall area. residence.

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The newly introduced anti-epidemic measures have suddenly made us realize that it is difficult for Hong Kong people to leave shopping malls.

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Shopping malls not only provide Hong Kong people with more and more complete shopping choices, but also affect the living habits and patterns of Hong Kong people.

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Thinking about "Mother of Eight": Don't Forget Those Who Fall When the Country Progresses

The incident of "Girl with Eight Children" in Feng County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province continued to ferment, and the popularity continued throughout the Lunar New Year holiday.

The incident reflects another aspect of China today, and it also reminds us that when China continues to make progress and achieves economic and social development achievements one after another, we should not forget those vulnerable groups who fell into the great era.

Before the Lunar New Year, a Douyin video about a rural mother with eight children went viral on the mainland, shocking the entire internet.

In the film, a woman who is suspected of being mentally ill can be seen wearing thin clothes in the cold weather and being chained to the hut. It seems that she cannot talk normally...

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In the video, the woman can be seen being tied by a chain around her neck.

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Canada's 'anti-coronavirus' demonstrations highlight globalisation of political turmoil

The aftermath of the anti-epidemic control demonstrations in Canada has not ended. Although the scale of the demonstrations in the capital Ottawa has been reduced, as of the deadline of this article on February 13, many traffic arteries in the United States and Canada are still threatened by road blockages, among which is connected to Ontario, Canada. The Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Michigan, and Detroit, Michigan, USA, is particularly worrying. The bridge accounts for nearly 30% of the trade freight between the United States and Canada. Its transportation failure will affect the freight of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of auto parts as an important part every day. .

In addition to the Michigan government, which was directly victimized, calling on Canada to solve the road blocking demonstrations as soon as possible, the US Department of Homeland Security also urged the Canadian federal government to intervene to stop the demonstrations. However, the Canadian government, which lacks a local armed force like the National Guard, seems unwilling to use the military for the first time. , and only RCMP personnel can support the local police force.

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On February 8, the Ambassador Bridge was blocked in the direction of Canada, causing a long traffic jam.

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Musk talks about Mars colonization's strongest rocket, Starship, ready?

At a press conference last week, Elon Musk, founder of space exploration company SpaceX, once again explained the latest status of the company's "Starship" rocket after two years.

In addition to realizing Musk's dream of moving to Mars to save human civilization, how will this rocket subvert the status quo of space launches in business and natural science?

What is left for Starship to launch smoothly?

Last Friday (February 11), SpaceX's 120-meter-tall Starship rocket stood at Starbase, a launch site in Texas, USA, with a reflective stainless steel silver casing against the night sky.

Company founder Musk said: "It's hard to believe it's real unless ... it's really there." Before this "set", he explained the latest progress on the design, development and testing of Starship again after two years. .

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Elon Musk expects Starship to launch to orbit for the first time this year.

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