The epidemic has killed once more, and more than 10,000 cases have been diagnosed in a single day. As we approach the peak of the spread of the coronavirus in November, the first consideration of the SAR government in fighting the epidemic is to increase the vaccination rate, especially for the old and the young.
When the number of people willing to inject themselves began to slow down, the government introduced semi-coercive measures, which became a “necessary evil”.
One of the measures is that the government plans to require children aged five to 12 to carry a vaccination card before they can enter designated premises. In the past, children under the age of 12 were exempted from the requirement of a vaccine pass. In the future, if you don’t get two injections, you will not be able to enter the restaurant, nor will you be able to enter the cultural and recreational venues.
Another measure is that the Education Bureau has issued guidelines to all schools in Hong Kong. From November 1, secondary schools will arrange full-day face-to-face classes, and the requirements for vaccination once morest the new crown will be increased, from at least 90% of students who have received two injections to 90% Students make three stitches. This new school year, primary schools and kindergartens will temporarily maintain half-day face-to-face teaching.
Regarding lowering the applicable age of vaccine passports to five-year-old children, Huang Huiyu, executive director of the Hong Kong Committee on the Rights of the Child, said that many parents complained that the pressure caused them to “shout out” and worry regarding affecting the physical and mental development of young children. She expressed that she understands that the government wants to establish an immune barrier, but many parents worry that children will not be able to enter public places in the future, which will aggravate the obesity problem of school children and affect their physical and mental development. She said some parents were unable to take their children to markets and other places, or would leave their children at home alone, fearing it would be dangerous.
As for 90% of middle school students who have received all three injections, they can teach face-to-face throughout the day. It is very difficult to meet the new requirements of the principal. Since students are required to declare by themselves, a small number of students do not want to go back to school full-time, so they do not declare the injections. He believes that the Department of Health should have records of injections. If the information on students is exchanged with the Education Department, the government can already inform schools how many students have received all three injections, and schools do not need to ask students to declare by themselves.
In the face of the government’s measures to strengthen injection requirements, some criticisms are fundamental, while others are technical. If the technical requirements are reasonable, the government should assist in solving them. For example, government departments can coordinate to obtain the number of students’ injections and provide them to schools, which should be studied and solved.
However, it is debatable to fundamentally oppose the government’s strengthening of injection requirements.
All measures to increase restrictions may cause more trouble for citizens or related institutions, so it is not surprising for parents to “shout out”, but from the parents’ point of view, the solution is very simple, they should take children for injections, rather than insist on their own opinions. , and even leave children home alone at the risk of breaking the law.
If you really care regarding children’s rights, you should persuade parents to take their children for injections instead of criticizing government policies that affect children’s physical and mental health and make children obese.
The most important right of a child is the right to life. If there is no life, how can there be physical and mental health?
For children between the ages of 3 and 11, 336,000 (66.8%) received two injections, but only 65,000 (13%) received all three injections. In other words, 167,000 children between the ages of 3 and 11 did not get both injections. Lowering the applicable age for vaccine passes to five-year-olds is to urge parents of young children to bring their children at least two injections.
Among teenagers aged 12 to 19, 430,000 (96.2%) received two injections, but only 244,000 (54.6%) received three injections. As high as 96.2% of this age group received two injections, which was mainly due to the measures in the past that only two injections were required to be able to attend classes throughout the day. The number of people who did not require three injections dropped significantly. Therefore, in November, middle school students will have to get all three injections before they can teach face-to-face throughout the day. I hope that the 200,000 young people who have not yet received the third injection will quickly get injections.
There is a clear consensus in the medical community that the side effects of injections are minimal, but the risks of not getting injections are high. With the epidemic situation of the new crown, it is possible that the whole people will be infected in the end. It is really “stupid without injections”. If 167,000 children between the ages of 3 and 11 did not get two injections, even if the mortality rate is low, it is not worth killing their children to go to the blog.
Saving your child’s life is the most important thing. There is no need to go to the park without injections, and children may be obese. The solution is not to ask the government to give up the policy, but to ask parents to take their children for injections.
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