Sunday 22nd November 2020
Dear Readers,
It seems that we are getting through...
NEW ARTICLES
Govt adopts
part of our CICS proposal - now get it right
3 days after our article last Monday, the HK Govt began talking about a
compensation scheme for virus-positive tests, to incentivise self-employed
symptomatic people facing loss of income to come forward. But early reports
suggest it will be too little and won't apply to close contacts, deterring
people who are symptomatic if the close contact is a family member who will be
deprived of income while in the quarantine camp. Get it right! (22-Nov-2020)
The
geo-politics of HK's clunky contact-tracing app
We look at the
deceptively-named "LeaveHomeSafe" app, and why it failed to adopt the automated
technology worked out by Google and Apple for exposure notifications and instead
resorted to a home-brewed QR-scanning system that few will use. The answer may
lie in politics. (19-Nov-2020)
RECENTLY ON WEBB-SITE
Discover COVID cases with behavioural economics, not force of law
The HK Government has again displayed its authoritarian streak by introducing a
mandatory testing law. Instead, citizens and their close contacts should be
compensated for as long as they are compulsorily isolated after one of them
tests positive. For the self-employed, this would remove a deterrent to seeing a
doctor when sick, and thereby also reduce the spread of other
diseases. (16-Nov-2020)
IN OTHER NEWS
Webb on "Backchat" re
Lantau Tomorrow and our proposal for a COVID Isolation Compensation Scheme
| CICS
RTHK, 19-Nov-2020
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