Hong Kong, the latest Kid on the Covid-19 Vaccine Trainwreck Block, Bears Watching as it hits World Leading Vaccination and Booster Uptake Rates.

If UK ONS Data holds, showing deaths of 1/73 vaccinated persons within 17 months of vaccine rollout, Hong Kong could be looking at a premature loss of 1.3% of their population.

Hong Kong, the vibrant colorful city that never slept, the city with a heartbeat and a pulse! I loved Hong Kong, lived there for a while, and travelled there frequently. It had among the best airport lounges in the world! I have colleagues and many people I care about still living there. I haven’t been to Hong Kong since January of 2020, stopped by their extreme covid-19 measures and stringent border controls. These measures have resulted in an exodus of people from Hong Kong, as expatriates and even locals move to less restrictive regions.

Vaccination started in Hong Kong on 26 February 2021. There are two approved vaccines for use in Hong Kong. These are CoronaVac and Comirnaty.

It is very difficult to live unvaccinated in Hong Kong as they have implemented the vaccine pass system and require QR codes to access most work sites and nearly all public services and spaces. No restaurants, no markets, no stores, no entertainment without passes! Order online for delivery only! The Government updated this with the enhanced red and amber coded covid pass system last 8th August 2022.

Hong Kong is the next city to watch in the unfolding covid-19 vaccine saga.

The Hong Kong SAR Government provides information to residents, including the claim (disproven by Australian and UK data) that under vaccinated (1 dose only) and unvaccinated are 10x more likely to die compared to those who have received 2 or 3 doses. Home isolation for Covid-19 infected persons also comes with mandatory electronic wrist bands.

Hong Kong’s stringent measures and Dynamic Zero Covid Policy seemed to work for a good while! Up until 16 February 2022, to be precise, when the carefully crafted strategy failed, and failed dismally. Cases and deaths exploded on 16th February 2022 when vaccine uptake hit 67% fully vaccinated. Those cases and deaths fueled further vaccination uptake as fearful people were convinced to rush to get protected!

Hong Kong is rapidly becoming one of the most vaccinated regions on the planet.

As of 10 September 2022, 92% of Hong Kong residents have received at least 1 dose of covid-19 vaccine!

88.5% have completed the initial protocols.

78% are boosted, with uptake rising rapidly.

As of 10 September 2022, Hong Kong’s total confirmed Covid-19 Deaths stand at 1,309 / million population, nearly 10,000 people. They have a population of about 7.5 million.

Covid-19 Deaths Cannot Explain All of Hong Kong’s Excess Deaths

The latest excess death data for Hong Kong is only available up to 30th April 2022. At that time total confirmed Covid-19 deaths stood at 1,242/ million. Even assuming (falsely) that all excess deaths were due to Covid-19, these could not explain the excess deaths / million which stood at 1,805 per million, 563 extra/million on the same date. Something else has been killing Hong Kong residents, and it wasn’t just Covid-19. No excess death data has been published since 30 April 2022, more than 4 months ago.

Hong Kong again has rapidly rising covid-19 cases; nearly 10,000 cases a day!

Vaccine Adverse Reactions, Hong Kong

Hong Kong does issue pharmacovigilance reports, here is one as of 31 July 2022. They claim adverse reaction rates at about 0.04%. While deaths have been reported post vaccination, they report that none have been causally linked with the received vaccination.

No deaths associated with vaccination flies in the face of population data out of the UK from the UK Government, discussed here, which shows that 1/482 vaccinated people die within a month of vaccination, 1 / 246 die within 60 days of vaccination, 1/ 73 die within 17 months of vaccination! [Death rates could get far worse as long-term sequelae accumulate].

At 93% of 7.5 million vaccinated, if Hong Kong followed this trending, she could be looking at nearly 100,000 deaths in currently vaccinated persons, a loss of 1.3% of their population. That is 10x higher than the covid-19 deaths to date.

Regardless, with soaring cases, covid-19 deaths and excess deaths, and an exodus of people compounding workforce shortages across all industries, it sure looks like Hong Kong is in trouble!

Will the government share information and data to reveal what is actually happening? Will they investigate fully? Will they take steps to lead Hong Kong out of this disaster? Or has the narrative grown too big to ever be admitted being at fault?