"Alas, today the number of confirmed cases has exploded to 6,000." Colleague V Gangui said: "I am the only one in the family who has been vaccinated. After that, I will be the only one in the family who can go shopping for food, and I have to buy everything."

I sighed slightly: "Oh, then let her have fun? I heard that there are fewer side effects."

"I don't dare! Wait, what's the matter, count?"

Fifteen minutes ago, my colleague V, who just returned to the company from the enclosed area, complained a lot because I was walking around and tested negative in the rapid test. I should be a walking super pathogen and go for mandatory testing every day. Qi three needles are correct. Now, family members are allowed not to have injections... Forget it, double standards are no surprise.

Numbers: a felt fear

The fifth wave of the epidemic killed itself without warning. It has clearly experienced the previous four shocks, and with the experience of the four times, it should be more relaxed in the way and attitude to deal with it. Unexpectedly, the fifth wave was more nervous and overwhelmed than before. Both the government and the public.

The government is naturally very excited. They seem to have suddenly discovered that in the past two years, many measures have been added to "control the epidemic", such as compulsory testing, building enclosures, needle-strengthening orders, and travel with peace of mind... Any kind of means, Hong Kong people are resigned. Complaints, no resistance, call everyone to be patient.

Everyone thinks that 6,000 per day is an exaggeration. In the past, the number of confirmed diagnoses exceeded 100, and it has been wow. Hurry up to work from home, hurry up to ban dine-in, hurry up and hide for a month or two to let the numbers go down and don’t let the community break out.

100 is already like this, how can 6,000 make us not afraid?

However, is everyone afraid of numbers, sickness, or death?

One of the passages in "The Counterattack of Subjugation" tells that Taiwanese people are extremely sensitive to the economic environment. If the economy cannot be revitalized and remains sluggish, Taiwan will disappear from the map. Respondents asked: Japan's economy has been sluggish for decades, do you think Japan will be destroyed?

Today, the epidemic is facing the same doubts. The number of infections has exceeded a geometric series. The media describes it as a blowout, and community transmission has been skipped. The current situation is equivalent to a volcanic eruption, a sharp drop in the Hang Seng Index, a decoupling of the U.S. dollar... Shouldn't fear, fear, be wrong?

Even more frightening is the number of epidemics, which has caused the numbers you were supposed to catch up with to fall. Such as company income, stock market, foreign trade, test scores, etc. These numbers affect people's livelihoods in Hong Kong, and any decline would bring daily life to a standstill. Because other than catching up with the commercial economy, we have no net of protection to maintain basic dignity of life.

The number of confirmed cases here continues to rise, making it impossible for us to track the number. Effort is useless, and there is no chance to give you effort, isn't it the most terrifying link?

Worse still lies ahead.

Epidemic prevention measures fully demonstrate creativity

"Hey, do you know if we are surrounded for a few days, we really don't have any good food, so I can buy B's milk powder, or else I don't know what to do." The emotions of the surrounded colleague V when describing it made me a little difficult. judge. Is she complaining? Or are you excited to encounter this novel experience?

Since 2020, the government has repeatedly invented innovative anti-epidemic measures. One of them is that when a certain building is diagnosed with a certain number of people, it immediately dispatches personnel to seal all the entrances and exits of the building without warning. The next step will not be considered until the mandatory testing of all residents of the building is completed.

When most of the enclosed households met with reporters, most of them did not have much opinion on the quarantine measures, but they complained a lot about the food supply. Including maintaining an absolutely stable temperature - it's all cold.

I guess colleague V complained most of the time and asked her, "How many anti-epidemic personnel are enclosing the building?"

"About a hundred? Probably not that many."

"Oh..." Little paused, starting a small abacus: "Suppose there are 4 people in a public housing unit, 25 households on one floor, and 35 floors in a building. It is roughly estimated that there are 3,500 residents in a single building. Then, in fact, you and It is impossible for the epidemic prevention personnel to stop him from taking up and down the building to buy food and daily necessities.”

After speaking, I regret saying the wrong thing.

After the epidemic began, Hong Kong society was under martial law in disguise. Don't tell me it's not in the name. Even the emergency law has been invoked. There's nothing to hide. This traditional civil servant system has been extremely creative in its anti-epidemic measures. For the first time, it knows how to use high-tech mobile apps to track the location of citizens. I heard that there will be a national compulsory inspection after that. (This article has become a reality when it comes out of the street)

These ideas are all implemented with the high degree of cooperation of the Hong Kong people. There is opposition, but no action is taken. The point is that it's a mouthpiece. Every time I talk about the scale of the sky and the sky, but when it is implemented, it is clumsy.

Out-of-hospital patient camps

Bad meal Penny's Bay no Wi-Fi

Epidemic measures are being tightened as the death rate falls.

Singapore adopted a ban on public places without vaccination as soon as the vaccine was released. At present, I have received the latest news from the senior sister. After the vaccine is administered, the meal is relaxed. As long as the vaccine is checked, five people can eat together. There are two people without the vaccine.

However, the SAR government will not be able to fight whether there is a fight or not. Advance little by little. Vaccinations are just a stopover, and they plan longer-term military governance. Control people with finesse from head to toe.

The "vaccine household photo" is generally accepted by the public, with the idea of "no wrongdoing in my life, and no surprise when I knock on the door in the middle of the night". If you don't feel guilty, go for an injection. Peace of mind for epidemic prevention in exchange for freedom of movement, there is no need to fight against epidemic prevention measures.

A typical Eastern point of view, let's see what Westerners say:

Anyone who sells his basic liberties for temporary economic security deserves neither liberty nor security. — Franklin

Clearance and Virginity Complex

WeChat friends are very supportive of the reset policy, regardless of whether it is dynamic or static, in short, reset is a necessary task. They will go after the confirmed cases, blaming them for returning from foreign countries, increasing the burden of epidemic prevention hotels and increasing the risk of transmission. Anyone diagnosed is a group of demons in their eyes.

The same situation happened two years ago when the Fa colleague and teacher returned to Taiwan. Everywhere she went, she was "warmly persuaded to leave" when she learned that she had returned to Taiwan from Hong Kong.

"Take me as a virus at all!"

Two years ago, the world was helpless against the new virus. Two years later, we have various means to deal with the infected. However, the complex of this demand for clearing remains unchanged.

This is a virgin complex. Once you get sick and become a carrier, you are an unclean person . you! It's people like you who spread the virus, bring the whole society to a standstill, shut down restaurants, and the government has to deal with it with heavy measures, which will prevent us from going anywhere.

The SAR government is also too negligent, how can the crew spread poison? What? Are there more infected people in our community? Don't look away, what if I am also a recovering person, so what if I am a recovering person? I am now saying that you are not a virgin. The SAR government is not doing well and needs the support of the central government!

It is a heinous crime for others to contract the epidemic, and it is innocent and implicated when one is infected.

Post-pandemic military society

The old colleague was unfortunately diagnosed with a sore throat during the forced inspection, and he left the country after 21 days of isolation. The unit he originally cooperated with told him not to go to work for the time being. On a contract basis, he has no income if he does not work. He has clearly recovered, and his daily test is negative, but his livelihood has been cut off, and his life may not be sustainable.

The SAR government has also given the green light to enterprises, and the designated industries have not been vaccinated, and employers can be exempted from legal responsibility to dismiss employees. A large number of employers are expected to use this rule to remove dissent and even save money in a downturn.

Immigrant friends saw the news and wondered why Hong Kong became like this.

I always say indifferently that Hong Kong has nothing to do with it, but only a small number of people have faced such pressure and injustice in the past. Now it is all over the place, up and down, left and right, and everyone has to face it.

When most people don't need to face it, we only feel that injustice is the suffering of the suffering. It was only after widespread occurrence that I realized that it was the result of condoning institutional violence.

There is one thing I don't quite understand. When the epidemic broke out at the beginning of two years ago, everyone had no antibodies, and it was normal to be afraid. Now there is a vaccine, and some patients have recovered from the virus. It should not mean that our resistance to the virus has increased! Not afraid of being attacked. Isn't that so? Why should we be more afraid of this new, weaker variant than the original virus, which had a higher chance of being severe and fatal?

Some people are worried that there are elderly people at home, and they will get sick more when they get old. Afraid of being infected and going back to infect them. I understand this, in case any accident leads to complications. Nobody wants to see it. It's just that they will treat unvaccinated people as walking viruses.

Some people also think that since you were born, you have been vaccinated at a very young age, why didn't you fight back then? Since it was like this at the time, why don't you accept the needle now? This is a gap in the definition of free will.

I am very leftist and think that as long as there are cases of unfairness allowed by the system in society, it will sooner or later spread to every citizen. Eastern culture, on the other hand, emphasizes the collective and likes to be consistent. Consistently good, boring, and unanimously down the street, it is easier to be recognized by everyone.

The current situation is not optimistic, the only thing I can say is. When everyone knelt down, the standing one became a living target.

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