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There’s been a lot of attention on Hong Kong and the scenes of panic here. But what’s stoking it is more complex than just the memory of SARS. Here’s why. 1/8https://nyti.ms/3bkAkb7
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Hong Kong was already reeling from political discord that tipped the economy into a recession. Now coronavirus has hit, spreading fear through a community polarized and distrustful of the government. 2/8
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You can see everywhere. Stores have run out of masks. Yet hundreds of people line up outside drugstores -- sometimes overnight -- in hopes of new supply. At supermarkets people panic buy rice and toilet paper. 3/8
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Even doctors can’t get masks. “My patients ask ‘Doctor, can I get 10 masks from you?’” Douglas Chan, a general practitioner, said. “I tell them, ‘Sorry, I don’t have enough either.’” 4/8
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The sense of fear is mixed with dissatisfaction. Medical workers went on strike this week. Employees are being asked to take unpaid leave. 5/8
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The city, meanwhile, increasingly feels like an island, lumped in with mainland China and shut off from the rest of the world as airlines cancel flights outright to Hong Kong 6/8
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“I am really worried about the recession,” said one Cathay Pacific flight attendant who was asked this week to take three weeks of unpaid leave. “We don’t know when it will end and how much worse it will get. Maybe more countries will issue travel restrictions,” she said. 7/8
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Even pro-establishment politicians are angry with Hong Kong’s leadership. “Right now, I don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel,” said one. “Where is the help coming from? Where is the end of the virus and the end of the riots?” 8/8
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