But the same quarantine rule applies correct? I currently don't see the testing part as unfair since as far as I know, most of the imported cases have been coming from Europe/North America. In terms of allocation of resources, it seems to make sense. In an ideal world, for sure everyone should be tested.
"pockets of outbreak" are a far cry from widespread community transmission we see in Europe and USA.
In an ideal world, test everyone. If there is some limitation then only test those who might have some reasonable risk factors.
The best indicator of community transmission is not number of confirmed cases, it's the number of deaths. If a country has a lot of deaths but "no cases" then it has untested community transmission. Until the actual deaths in HK rise, I don't think we need to make major changes.
I have very little faith in anything the Chinese government says but assuming that the quarantine rule applies to those coming/returning from China and that we are not seeing imported cases from there. I don't see a problem allocating more resources elsewhere at the moment.
So to clarify your position, every policemen that is a good person should have walked away from their jobs and pension even if that meant he/she wasn't able to support elderly parents and might need to ask their kids to drop out of university or change school. Also probably need to find a new place to live with no job because of principles. That's your position? Ok you are certainly entitled to your opinion and perhaps you would do it in their shoes. I might do it if I was young and single, I definitely would not do it in the situation above. My principles are not more important than my family but everyone has different values.Original Post Deleted
Death rates are a clear indicator but has a significant lag. It needs to be a mixture of both recording deaths and community testing. HK is not short of resources and administering testing in a very targeted way. It has capacity to test incoming visitors. I would guess getting a positive result from a visitor from China at the border would be a little difficult to explain.