Posted on 06/12/2015 1:47:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
In a bar in Seoul’s upmarket Gangnam district this week, music was blasting from the speakers and Harry Potter played on a giant flat-screen television; but the electronic darts board and kung fu video game stands were bereft of customers, and all but one of the tables were empty.
The barman had a simple answer for the unusual lack of business: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers).
South Korea on Friday reported three more deaths from Mers, in what has become the largest outbreak of the virus outside Saudi Arabia, with more than a dozen deaths in the past few weeks and 126 people in South Korea diagnosed.
Health officials have begun urging people to go about their normal daily activities, saying the rate of new cases was slowing, but in South Korea’s capital, the fear is still palpable.
“The number of newly confirmed cases has fallen sharply and there are little risks of the virus spreading through airborne transmissions or to communities outside hospital settings”, the health ministry said in a statement. “Therefore, we ask the people to conquer their fear and engage in day-to-day business.”
Currently, 3,680 people are under quarantine, down from 3,805. A total of 1,249 people have been released from quarantine, including 294 on Friday.
Nevertheless, all manner of public and private events – from briefings on the forthcoming World Military Games 2015 to a Japan-Korea goodwill noodle banquet – have been cancelled, while 2,400 schools remain closed.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
This is a viral disease. Not a bacteria disease so no antibiotics work against it.
” 3,680 people are under quarantine”
Not good!
...and the next thing you know, we are going to have them over here....
I am sure they will write this into some of their TV drama’s
Now that this is reported 0bama will dispatch dozens of military to ‘help’ and fly them back to the states, hoping to spread it here.
He’s still steaming that ebola didn’t become a pandemic.
Norks did this, IMO.
Sounds like a good time.
I remember once in college ...
Eh, that's a story for another time.
Those that do have MERS are sent to a quarantine camp to be monitored and then released when cleared.
I love their dramas. I hope they keep their output. I’ve only seen one of their movies that deals with a pandemic, but not a television series. Do nay of them come to mind?
I am watching two right now: one with my husband, that I have seen before, which is excellent ‘That Winter, The Wind Blows,” and for myself after 11pm, when he is asleep, Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy, which keeps me interested for the fashion of 2005 and the actor Gong Yoo, who is fascinating to watch.
I think conservative women should check these 16 to 20 episode shows, they how little sex, conservative values and are fascinating for a look into a country that is gaining in wealth because of their hard work and dedication to excellence.
From the Economist:
“A particular source of public alarm is that MERS seems to be spreading faster in South Korea than elsewhere, albeit with a lower death rate so far. The first patient infected 32 people; another transmitted MERS to 34 more. Some people have caught the disease even though they kept two metres away from the infected person, says Oh Myoung-don, a doctor at Seoul National University College of Medicine, who is advising the government. That suggests transmission may be airborne, the hardest to guard against....
“Whether the outbreak can be halted may depend in part on cultural attitudes. One contributing factor is that many South Koreans, like the first MERS patient, visit several hospitals to look for the best care. This can spread disease faster. Hospitals are sociable places where people share rooms with strangers, and where family and friends crowd around to take care of the sick. That close-knit culture could be another victim of the disease.”
Hmmmm......
Not really. I think their TV budgets are more limited than for US television. They already have the locations and costumes for the period dramas but anything really new might cost too much.
They have had medical dramas, but pandemic doesn’t ring a bell. I’ll Google it.
There was a Korean movie called “Flu” or Gamgi (in Korean)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2351310/
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THE VIRUS was a 10-part series for Korean cable network OCN in 2013
Now to find where it can be seen online
The Virus actually looks pretty good at the beginning
I saw The Flu, not worth it.
Thank-you for looking this up. I found a place for older dramas without ads or clicking over to the next segment. ( My husband got me a wireless mouse for the big screen which is connected to a laptop just for this purpose.
http://www.dramanice.tv/list-all-drama
Has no commercial and you do have to watch in parts. But its free!
I found The Virus from the blog Dramabeans, they do excellent recaps.
http://www.epdrama.com/the-virus/virus-episode-1/
http://www.dramabeans.com/2013/03/the-virus-episode-1/
Let’ keep in touch. I’ll watch it soon.
All the best.
I was writing when you made this post.
Here is the link to the other place that has Korean dramas without ads:
http://www.dramanice.tv/list-all-drama
Opps, did it again, I meant this:
http://www.gooddrama.net/watch-drama-shows#korean-drama
I can’t stand the ads, although, my husband likes the breather. This site requires you watch it part by part.
Frankly, I don’t know how they do it, and I kind of don’t want to know;)
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