Since the Hong Kong government is trying to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rate, although people are allowed to apply for a “COVID-19 vaccination medical exemption certificate,” commonly known as a “jab-free cert,” from doctors because of their own illness, the authorities tightened the threshold at the beginning of this year, forcing many people who need the certs searching for doctors to issue them.
More than 20,000 jab-free certs, which were allegedly issued by seven doctors without consultation, will expire on Oct 12 (however the result of a judicial review may negate this). The Hong Kong Police Force arrested four female civil servants on Oct. 7. Therefore, civil servants holding this batch of jab-free certs are worried that they would be held accountable, and they questioned whether the government is now making a judgment before trial….