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GdTokyo
"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.
bokuda
That's the ultimate shame.
Hong Kong is doing far better than us.
Brian Wheway
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.
Brian Wheway
sorry typo, Quarantine not question
elephant200
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!
theResident
@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.
elephant200
@bobuka Hong Kong is doing far better than us You should know the bureaucracy of Japan was heavy like a rock
Strangerland
I'd pay for the pfizer. You couldn't pay me to take the Chinese vaccine.
Hello Kitty 321
Kobe has already thrown away almost 1,000
runner3
Put them on the next flight to India.
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
Good to see the majority of the HK people have enough sense to stay far away from the not-vaccines.
theResident
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.
n1k1
The Chinese in Hong Kong deep down are still Chinese.
Pukey2
strangerland:
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.
theResident
@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.
1glenn
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.
1glenn
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.
Goodlucktoyou
Takes two weeks after the second dose. So that is six weeks tourists have to stay quarantined at the airport hotel.
Peeping_Tom
"Hong Kong is doing far better than us."
Are you Japanese now?!
Mark
Sad and Sickening.
kwatt
Send them to Taiwan. They really need them.
lostrune2
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
WA4TKG
You’re going to trust the people that INFECTED you, to “Immunize” you too ?
Pukey2
WA4TKG:
So Hong Kong people infected you?? You are sick and nasty.
englisc aspyrgend
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.
Kobe White Bar Owner
Surely the CCPT will buy them at a reduced rate to give to a he masses to appear like the give a ......
theFu
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/
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.
purple_depressed_bacon
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.
Robert pearce
All going to plan.
theResident
@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.