Compliance is the issue here.
In Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Compliance is total.
Only HKG citizens can enter. Tested on arrival- Negative test means 14 days strict quarantine- positive means taken to an isolation hospital.
Quarantine means being tagged with GPS tracker & if you break quarantine it is a compulsory £2,500 fine AND 6 months in prison- no argument, no quibble- instant.
However, the result is the city is operating as normal, shops, bars, restaurants all full, busy streets. Masks & distancing compulsory.
They do get maybe 2 or 3 new cases of Covid a week- all imported and all detected at the airport.From the moment you step foot in HKG you are monitored, tracked, traced every single step until your quarantine is up- but then you are free.
Ironically compliance and control equals better freedoms & safer environments.
Unfortunately, even after 7 months & billions of pounds the UK have never had any effective track & trace or monitoring of self quarantine.
We don't even have compliance from our own Government advisers or MPs- so that's our issue- we make rules to look like we are doing something but fail to comply at all levels.
Part of the UKs box ticking culture.
Last edited by Mr A Tis; 31st Oct 2020 at 11:03.