https://twitter.com/iainmarlow/statu...377727488?s=20
I had assumed from the photos of planes full of chinese people in full hazmat gear, that the returnees were mostly locals, and therefore the recent explosion of cases also largely local. This tries its best to imply it's mostly due to expats.
The early outbreak, too, may have given the initial impression that expats would remain unscathed. The virus originally spread in Hong Kong among people returning from China or through people with direct ties to Wuhan or other Mainland Chinese cities.
Now, though, Westerners are increasingly seen as carriers, and local newspapers have begun to take aim at expats. One paper, Apple Daily, focused a front page story on the unmasked residents of Discovery Bay under the headline, “Westerners walking around without masks.†Ta Kung Pao, a pro-Beijing newspaper, ran pictures of bar-hoppers sans masks.Are expats the ones refusing to self-isolate? Are they the 5 that are missing from quarantine, or among those fined?Many foreign residents who stayed, working from home with young children in small Hong Kong apartments, standing in line for toilet paper and other supplies, have little sympathy. On Facebook, they’ve been raging against those who are now coming home and refusing to self-isolate.
“If you were afraid to stay in HK when shit got real, and you ran away to your expat enclave - you can now hole up in your pint-sized apartment for the next two weeks and eat Pizza Hut delivery,†one resident wrote in a local Facebook group. “Welcome back. Now, suck it up.â€