Public health measures must be tightly enforced
英美加澳歐有版你睇，幾何級數上升只是一線之差
回港無罪，但要負責任的回港，保護自己保護他人
玩少14日不會死，但你隨便去玩便可能殺死身邊的人
We are at wars
But together, we can and we will get through this
#together
#weareone
From the beginning, I support zero tolerance. I want to explain why I called 999 today.
1. We are trying to save lives.
Back in 2003, we learnt the hard lesson that one unmask individual can trigger a tsunami and cause a disaster. History has reaffirmed this: patient #31 in 南韓大丘，patient zero in Diamond Princess cruise, patient zero in Grand Princess in San Francisco. The next superspreading event may be a bar, a big party or a banquet somewhere in our city.
2. We are at war with SARS-CoV-2.
This killer has claimed numerous lives in Wuhan, Italy, Spain, Iran and elsewhere. The globe is closed as a result. We, Hong Kongers have been fighting this hard in the past 3 months, and numerous jobs have been lost and shops are closed. Over 4000 doctors and nurses have been infected and dozens of colleagues in the mainland and Italy have succumbed.
As far as I know, conviction of a criminal offence could have the following consequences:
3. Returning students may be refused to continue their studies. Medical, nursing and paramedic students may be subjected to investigations by fitness-to-practice committee in their Universities.
4. You may never become a member of the medical, nursing, paramedic and other professional permanently.
Medical students would need to declare this offence when they apply for medical licenses in the future, not only in Hong Kong, but most civilized jurisdictions. This may be many years later but you are still required to declare it. This is a legal requirement. In Hong Kong, the Medical Council will schedule an inquiry with >13 members to assess your fitness. If I am still around, I shall exercise my duty diligently.
4. My fellow fighters, doctors and nurses in dirty teams are risking their lives. Hong Kong's public healthcare system may be devastated by your act. Your selfishness and irresponsibility cannot be allowed to destroy our efforts to save lives.
I pledge to save lives when I become a member of the profession. This is about life and death. This is about the whole city. This is indeed an emergency situation for 999. Only zero tolerance is appropriate, especially when thousands have been let go since 8 February 2020.
Police, let me know if you need an expert opinion. Judges, I urge you to sentence them to jail.
21.3.2020, 2134
