On the “plus†side, him wearing a mask even when he didn’t know he was infected means that he kept other people safe.Original Post Deleted
On a separate note the MTR is back to an almost normal crowd! I’m guessing the fact that most but not all cases are imported doesn’t alarm people here.
New Geoexpat Law: As an online COVID19 discussion grows longer, the probability of an argument about the effectiveness of masks approaches 1
I'm just gonna say this now... I'm married to a local and most of our friends are locals... people are starting to get pissed off at expats not masking up... I'm seeing a lot more local people muttering loudly at the Gold Coast because it's almost universally white people not masking up...
Maybe trouble if there's another spike and it's linked to gweilos.
My comment was a question that could have been interpreted in a few ways. Interesting that most people have gone for the "well masks don't really protect you" response. When an equally valid one is "he probably wasn't wearing it properly or at all times." Or "how do we even know he got it from his taxi."
The article is written with a bias attempting to show that airport passengers not wearing masks = bad, innocent taxi driver wearing mask = victim. A lot of conjecture here feeding into the new narrative that foreigners are spreading the virus in HK.
As my facebook is still linked to a number of Sai Kung gossipy groups, I noticed that lately there has been a bit of friction brewing between younger expats ( 40's and younger ) and the old British guard that has lived there for decades who are mostly in their late 50's/60's who still think it's o.k to go to their usual watering holes in SK town, as if nothing has happened! One of them promoted one of the popular bars on MarketPlace and the reaction wasnt pretty.
There was also an altercation between a younger ( 20's) expat with an older Brit, out the front of Star Bucks ( a couple of days ago ) about young bloke attaching cardboard signs that read " Gweilo Are you too poor to buy a face mask ? Apparently it kicked off, which I didnt feel was all that surprising. same old, same old with Sai Kung !