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Hong Kong could soon throw away millions of unused vaccine doses

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"Send them here!" is what I want to say, but there is no certainty that our incompetent govt. would get them distributed before they expire either.

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That's the ultimate shame.

Hong Kong is doing far better than us.

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How about this for a solution, Hong Kong say if you fly to Hong Kong it will cost you XXX for the injection, if you fly into our airport, we will inject you in an quarantined area in the airport, and you can get back on the plane and return home. this will reduce any wastage, and it could potentially bring in a revenue, and japanese residents could jump the question in Japan.

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sorry typo, Quarantine not question

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My advice to all the Japanese friends, better scramble to Hong Kong for a vaccine injection! That is worth to risk for! The Japanese government is playing a very dangerous game to kick start the Olympic game 2021 but the nation is a high risk zone! I know you guys dont trust the Chinese communist govt. but this is a matter of live or dead! Think about it!

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@Brian Wheway - Would very happily pay for this up front as a 2 trip, 3 week apart procedure. Chartered flights - PCR before departure, never actually entering HK on arrival. Revenue for the airlines. Revenue for HK. Sadly, I don't believe it will happen as Japanese Immigration would probably put the dampeners on it.

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@bobuka Hong Kong is doing far better than us You should know the bureaucracy of Japan was heavy like a rock

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I'd pay for the pfizer. You couldn't pay me to take the Chinese vaccine.

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Kobe has already thrown away almost 1,000

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Put them on the next flight to India.

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Good to see the majority of the HK people have enough sense to stay far away from the not-vaccines.

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Absolutely @strangerland. Me too. 2 day trips - leave at 7am - land back by 7pm. Twice - 3 weeks apart. I'd HAPPILY pay 350-450k right now. All in.

@Ego Sum Whatever: Fine with most of us - just stay out of the way of the rest of us.

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The Chinese in Hong Kong deep down are still Chinese.

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strangerland:

I'd pay for the pfizer. You couldn't pay me to take the Chinese vaccine.

The Hkers are lucky they can actually choose which one to take. That, plus the efficient track and trace and isolation methods means HK is back again to near-zero daily positive cases again. The person who brought back the Indian variant and lied about his whereabouts (therefore delaying the tracing of so many other infected people) is in serious legal trouble. They take it seriously in HK.

Back to vacs, in other countries, you take what's given.

And in other countries (no names), you are given sweet FA.

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@Pukey2 - You get to choose in the States. Book Online - In Texas and California, if you have a reservation they are not even asking for ID in attempt to make sure even illegals get vaccinated..Just the barcode from your phone or a print off.

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There was an article about the recent outbreak in the Seychelles, the most heavily vaccinated nation on Earth. Apparently they used AstraZeneca and the Chinese vaccine. The Chinese vaccine is supposed to have an efficacy rate in the high 70s, according to the Chinese, but in the real life situation on the ground, it has proven to have an efficacy rate of less than 50%. Better than nothing, but not great.

The other vaccine available in Hong Kong is the one made by Pfizer, which has an efficacy rate of at least 95%. I myself got two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. After the second dose I got the worst asthma attack of my life, but I would go through it again for the peace of mind that goes along with being vaccinated.

My wish is for the US to become the world's vaccine maker. I hope for everyone to be able to feel as safe as I do. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are excellent, and the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine has an efficacy rate in the high 70s, for real.

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I went to my local pharmacy yesterday, a Rite-Aid store, and asked them if people could just walk in without an appointment. The head pharmacist told me that they were taking walk ins between 11:30 and 13:00, five days a week. No appointment needed, free of all charges, and proof of citizenship also not needed.

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Maybe they should offer them to tourists at airports.

Takes two weeks after the second dose. So that is six weeks tourists have to stay quarantined at the airport hotel.

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"Hong Kong is doing far better than us."

Are you Japanese now?!

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Sad and Sickening.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Send them to Taiwan. They really need them.

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Donate the vaccines

Ex: the US will be giving away millions of doses to other countries before they expire

Can't keep the vaccines forever

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You’re going to trust the people that INFECTED you, to “Immunize” you too ?

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WA4TKG:

You’re going to trust the people that INFECTED you, to “Immunize” you too ?

So Hong Kong people infected you?? You are sick and nasty.

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Send them to Taiwan, after all the CCP claim it is just another province so no problem! Of course the sensible Taiwanese wouldn’t touch the Sinovac junk.

India needs all the vaccines it can get and there are many other countries desperate for the Pfizer vaccines, not so much the other.

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Surely the CCPT will buy them at a reduced rate to give to a he masses to appear like the give a ......

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The CCP-Chinese have lost the trust of the HK people. That's what happens when the govt clamps down on free speech, doesn't listen to their wishes, and arrests movements for democratic representation.

The Sinovac appears to need a 3rd booster after 6 months.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/efficacy-of-chinese-vaccines-is-not-high-officials-back-3rd-dose/

Officials in Beijing are reportedly planning to roll out third doses of China’s COVID-19 vaccines. These shots have long been dogged by doubts of their efficacy.

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Sinopharm has reported a 79 percent efficacy rate for its inactivated vaccine, but it has not released the full data supporting that estimate. Sinovac’s vaccine may have an efficacy rate as low as 50 percent, according to trial data out of Brazil.

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Though experts have raised questions about the efficacy of China’s vaccines since their data-less release, the need for boosters isn’t necessarily avoidable.

That article says that all old-school Coronovirus vaccines typically have a 1 yr effective period. The length of time for mRNA vaccines could be longer, but nobody knows. Studies are underway. 6 months hasn't reduced the effectiveness in the mRNA vaccines.

I read that mainland Chinese vaccination hesitancy was fairly high. Again, the lack of trust in the govt at work. Every govt has some trust issues, but seeing it so widespread in the world is very concerning. I would prefer the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, but if I only had access to Sinovac for the next 6 months, sure, I'd take it. I have no belief that the CCP-Chinese govt wishes to harm anyone, anywhere through these vaccinations.

In the US, walk-in vaccinations have been available a few weeks. The grocery store had a huge sign at the entrance and was announcing that openings were available right now, every 15 minutes. Get the shot, do your shopping, and by the time you are done, the 15-30 min waiting for any critical negative side-effects is done.

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Well yes - they could either ship the vaccines to places that need it or start some kind of newfangled "vaccine tourism" where they inoculate tourists that arrive into HK. Either way, someone wins.

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All going to plan.

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@Goodlucktoyou : although it would never happen, you clearly didn't read any suggestions that were made and just choose to be the most pessimistic bore.

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