Hong Kong's discriminatory Covid-19 policies are placing politics above science

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Hong Kong’s discriminatory Covid-19 policies are placing politics above science
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It is hard to tell whether this was a case of unthinking racism, deliberate racism or mere stupidity. But what is clear is that targeting foreign domestic helpers in the fight against Covid had nothing to do with science and a great deal to do with the aggressively political manner in which the Hong Kong government has chosen to fight the virus.
The decision to target helpers was justified by a very muddled Labour Secretary Law Chi-kwong, who described them as being a “high-risk group”. He pointed out that getting them tested and vaccinated was vital because they were often responsible for looking after the young and elderly.

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