Amid what is the deadliest Covid-19 outbreak in the world right now, and government policies that change day to day, a stay-at-home dad from Western Australia has unexpectedly emerged as the go-to source of information for Hong Kong’s expatriate population, and even doctors.
The Twitter account @tripperhead, which has amassed over 22,000 followers – many more than accounts belonging to local public health experts and government Covid advisers – provides a regular stream of information on the pandemic in Hong Kong. It live-tweets news from government briefings, summarises insights from medical experts and tracks the frenetically changing travel rules that continue to keep the city isolated from much of the world.