The scope of implementation of the vaccine pass will be expanded this Thursday (24th), and ordinary citizens must present their new crown vaccination records when entering designated premises such as restaurants, shopping malls, department stores, supermarkets, and markets.
Citizens go in and out of many premises every day, and the pass involves many regulations, exemptions and verification procedures, which will inevitably lead to confusion in the early stage of implementation. However, at this critical period in the fight against the epidemic, the public should not regard scanning the pass as a troublesome move, let alone abuse the exemption to Circumventing the requirement should be seen instead as a way to promote vaccination to protect yourself and others.
At the same time, the government must continue to straighten out regulations and strengthen explanations to reduce misunderstandings.
When the government introduced the Vaccine Pass, it aroused doubts among some citizens and the person in charge of the premises.
Later, the government revised the law enforcement standards and apps in an attempt to reduce the inconvenience when the measures were implemented. For example, pressing the newly added “Return to the previous place” in “Travel with Peace of Mind” can facilitate citizens to quickly return to the mall after leaving the store without having to scan again. Aim at the QR code of the mall.
Another example is the “passive” form of shopping mall inspections, that is, premises personnel do not need to take the initiative to check customer vaccination records, but random inspections by law enforcement officers.
In addition, Cai Jieming, Deputy Secretary-General of the Food and Health Bureau (Health), also stated at a press conference on Monday (21st) that citizens must pass through shopping malls to go home or go to work. Reasonable excuses are loose.
The bureau said that citizens carry the vaccination records with them, such as going out with an ID card, which is equivalent to meeting the legal requirements.
In "active inspection" premises, the person in charge of the premises must display instructions in the specified form at or conspicuously near each entrance to the premises.
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Citizens should stop making excuses and exploiting loopholes
The significance of the Vaccine Pass is to promote the vaccination of citizens, reduce the ability of the virus to spread in crowded places, and protect the very few who have not been vaccinated.
Considering that the proportion of people who died of the new crown virus in Hong Kong is higher than the proportion who have not been injected, it is difficult to say that the vaccine is ineffective in protecting life. The government's "gu injection" has its reasons.
Furthermore, the vaccine pass can make up for the existing shortcomings of "safe travel", because the pass contains personal data, and the government can trace close contacts in the event of an outbreak.
As the virus spreads across the community, we must not give up any method to cut off the chain of transmission.
Anti-epidemic measures should be as tight as possible, and the fewer exemptions the better.
Now that the government has made certain concessions and exemptions, citizens should update their mobile phone programs as soon as possible, and consciously abide by the implementation of the pass. They should not try to use exemptions to avoid injections. Borrow someone else's pass.
With reference to the past incidents of flight crew exemptions from quarantine, it can be known that such actions are not only suspected of breaking the law, but also add trouble to businesses and risk spreading the virus.
If there are serious violations, the government must tighten the scope of the exemption.
The government announced that the vaccine passport will be fully implemented from Thursday (24th).
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Epidemic restrictions must be complied with before being lifted
On the other hand, just like when there were important changes in "travel with peace of mind" or other anti-epidemic measures in the past, citizens would easily feel confused. At the beginning of the full implementation of this vaccine pass, people may also be at a loss for a period of time. No need to scan "Travel with Peace of Mind", misunderstandings can be exempted in some places.
There are also places such as fitness centers that are open 24 hours a day. It is difficult for them to take the initiative to confirm the pass of guests when they are unattended. The merchants are naturally worried that they will be held accountable by law enforcement officers.
Faced with the above-mentioned problems, the government and businesses must publicize and remind the public more, and at the same time enforce the law in a reasonable manner, so as to win the trust of the people.
More than 80% of Hong Kong residents have received the first dose of the vaccine, but many citizens still criticize the vaccine pass, "safe travel" and other anti-epidemic measures, believing that the government deliberately restricts freedom.
They should ask themselves, what is more important than life, reducing pain and suffering?
The government may have many measures that deviate from the well-being of citizens, but it does not mean that all measures are the same.
Behind the strict anti-epidemic measures is to maintain social and economic operations, and the government has an unshirkable responsibility for this.
They can even think like this: Isn’t it because we strictly observe social distancing and vaccinations to fight off the epidemic as soon as possible, so that these epidemic-specific mobile phone programs can be removed as soon as possible?
Private hospital support should be actively fighting the epidemic, relying on the contributions of all walks of life to use the strength of the mainland to fight the epidemic actively One country, two systems Hong Kong is not a third world, but two worlds.
