Hong Kong To Euthanize Hamsters After COVID Cases Linked to Pet Store

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The Spin

Anti-China narrative

Hong Kong is taking its "COVID Zero" politics too far. There's no evidence of hamster-to-human transmission and it's outrageous to be killing family pets; they could have been quarantined.

Pro-China narrative

Scientists are still studying the possibility of pet-to-owner transmission. Hong Kong has a low vaccination rate and culling animals is a necessary precaution to protect citizens.


Establishment split

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