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Songs in the Night, Whispers in the Morning - The Accidental Adventures of the Hong Kong Hermit. A three volume protest memoir. Coming in 2022.

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    1. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 5 Apr 2020

      Hong Kong Hermit Retweeted South China Morning Post

      Here's some piping hot tea that will scorch tankies: Hong Kong was saved by the protests. While HK has the memory of SARS, and a culture of mask use, the universal adoption of them was because the entire city had been brutalised by the govt. for months and had zero trust in them.https://twitter.com/SCMPNews/status/1247023431570374658 …

      Hong Kong Hermit added,

      South China Morning PostVerified account @SCMPNews
      Make masks mandatory, top Hong Kong microbiologist urges government https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3078567/coronavirus-top-hong-kong-microbiologist-urges?utm_content=article&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1586148529 …
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    2. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 5 Apr 2020

      Nobody here* would have objected to wearing masks if directed to do so, or if we had Taiwan-style elected leaders that actually, you know, lead, directing the response. But we have a puppet govt. that did nothing so it was a community response leading the way. *well, expats lol

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    3. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 5 Apr 2020

      But seeing the entire city mask up almost overnight (including sourcing the supplies to do so) was because we KNEW that this govt. had no interest in our wellbeing and wouldn't save us. So we did it ourselves. 16,000 cans of tear gas and 10,000 rubber bullets will do that to you.

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    4. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 5 Apr 2020

      We're not out of the woods yet, and if anything we're at more danger now than ever before as China is raising its lockdown and we'll be facing an influx of border traffic. But only 4 deaths. We've been masked up and taking it seriously since the end of January. Only 4 deaths.

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      Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 5 Apr 2020

      I'm borrowing this gorgeous photo by Sweary Dave. I live here, over to the left of the pic. Most densely populated part of the planet. We made it through 65+ days with only 4 deaths thanks to the community response. Moral: Wear masks, don't wait for your govt. to save you.pic.twitter.com/d4IRlChgIZ

      10:06 PM - 5 Apr 2020
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        2. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 5 Apr 2020

          P.S. - a reminder that the Hong Kong govt. BANNED face masks back in October, so the entire community masking up was in defiance of an oppressive emergency law because protecting the people around us was more important than bending the knee to authority. This is Hong Kong.

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        3. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 13 Apr 2020

          Hong Kong Hermit Retweeted Hong Kong Hermit

          P.P.S. - Flashback 70 days to the newly unionised healthcare workers going on strike to try to force the government to take literally any action at all. Meanwhile pro-Beijing groups held little protests calling for these healthcare workers to be sacked. https://twitter.com/hongkonghermit/status/1223571822144184321?s=21 …https://twitter.com/HongKongHermit/status/1223571822144184321 …

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          Hong Kong HermitVerified account @HongKongHermit
          Important to point out one of the (many) lies the Grayzone tankies tell about Hongkongers is that we're anti union. And that hottest of takes is because protestors had a pop at the Federation of Trade Unions, which is a pro-Beijing outfit, and if it has union in the name... well. https://twitter.com/elson_tong/status/1223570422957916160 …
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        4. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 13 Apr 2020

          Hong Kong Hermit Retweeted Rachel Cheung

          From masking up in defiance of the still active law, to pressuring the govt. to act, to opposing quarantine camps in residential districts, to organising handouts of free masks and sanitiser, the response in Hong Kong has been community led at every stage. https://twitter.com/rachel_cheung1/status/1248507668060205057?s=21 …https://twitter.com/rachel_cheung1/status/1248507668060205057 …

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          Rachel CheungVerified account @rachel_cheung1
          I tagged along a group of volunteers who installed hand sanitiser dispenser at old tenement buildings in #HongKong. Seems like an easy task, but the team actually have to go door to door to find a resident that’ll lend their support and refill the bottle. https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Hong-Kong-s-army-of-volunteers-disinfects-the-city-house-by-house …
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        5. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 16 Apr 2020

          Hong Kong Hermit Retweeted Timothy McLaughlin

          With the reminder it’s not time to slack off on the measures that got us here, it looks like we’ve beaten this wave here. We must keep it going, don’t let up, but only single digit infections per day is an absolute win in a pandemic. https://twitter.com/tmclaughlin3/status/1250739175814393857?s=21 …https://twitter.com/TMclaughlin3/status/1250739175814393857 …

          Hong Kong Hermit added,

          Timothy McLaughlinVerified account @TMclaughlin3
          Hong Kong records one new coronavirus case today, 26 patients discharged. This is the fifth day with new cases in the single digits. It has been just over a month since Hong Kong recorded a COVID-19 death. Patient 99, an 80-year-old North Point resident, died on March 13.
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        6. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 16 Apr 2020

          I have a very strong conviction that had the corona happened exactly 12 months earlier, we would have sleepwalked our way through the critical early part of the response with hugely tragic consequences.

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        7. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 16 Apr 2020

          Hong Kong Hermit Retweeted

          Another heartening thing about the HK community response is that after securing enough supplies for ourselves, Hongkongers as individuals and as groups have been working flat out to send as many masks overseas as possible. This pipeline is to aid the UK: https://twitter.com/hyjpang/status/1250745638310088704?s=21 … https://t.co/QSceI61pDz 

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        8. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 16 Apr 2020

          Hong Kong Hermit Retweeted Tiffany Sia

          This follows on from another pipeline that was set up to source masks for frontline medical staff in badly hit New York City, a place that Hong Kong could have been if not for our actions here. This is true international grassroots solidarity. https://twitter.com/t1ffany4scale/status/1243606592769138688?s=21 …https://twitter.com/t1ffany4scale/status/1243606592769138688 …

          Hong Kong Hermit added,

          Tiffany Sia @t1ffany4scale
          Friends and I are crowdfunding to source & send surgical masks from Hong Kong to New York for frontline hospital workers and immunocompromised individuals and communities. Please consider donating! Full details here: http://cutt.ly/hk2nymask . Please share 😷
          2 replies 2 retweets 19 likes
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        9. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 16 Apr 2020

          Hong Kong Hermit Retweeted HKRev - Hong Kong Local News Translation

          While the *community* was fully masking up, in defiance of a colonial-era emergency law banning them, the puppet Chief Executive of Hong Kong was proudly making a big show of not wearing a mask, and telling others not to wear a mask. h/t @yennikwok https://twitter.com/hkrevinfo/status/1224539107956707328?s=21 …https://twitter.com/HkrevInfo/status/1224539107956707328 …

          Hong Kong Hermit added,

          HKRev - Hong Kong Local News Translation @HkrevInfo
          Carrie Lam’s officials are not allowed to wear face #masks unless they are sick, frontline workers or visiting crowded places due to the #shortage of mask supply. “If they are already wearing them, they have to take them off”, she said. 📷: @StandNewsHK #CoronavirusOutbreak pic.twitter.com/1O1AFpfU95
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        10. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 2 Jul 2020

          Hong Kong Hermit Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          *nods quietly* Yup. https://twitter.com/scmphongkong/status/1278724796927352833?s=21 …https://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1278724796927352833 …

          Hong Kong Hermit added,

          SCMP Hong KongVerified account @SCMPHongKong
          Coronavirus: more than 6 million masks procured by Hong Kong government found to be fake https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3091616/coronavirus-more-6-million-masks-procured-hong-kong?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1593706723 …
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        2. Ellie’s Extraordinary Boring Life‏ @GlassHouseMous3 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @HongKongHermit @MarkWillard85

          Thank you for this. This is what I’ve been saying all along. Problem is, there’s no way for us to get N95 masks right now (even the nurses here can’t get them.) The only real and safe option is 100% quarantined.

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        3. Hong Kong Hermit‏Verified account @HongKongHermit 5 Apr 2020
          Replying to @GlassHouseMous3 @MarkWillard85

          You don't need N95s, those "respirators" should be reserved for medical staff. Even surgical masks are fine for the public, and if those are still in short supply cotton homemade masks are great too. At some point you need to go outside, and masks make that a lower risk activity.

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