Posted on 03/10/2020 11:57:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
South Korea had 7,513 Covid-19 cases as of Monday, with daily infections falling for a fourth consecutive day
Officials attribute the decrease to mass testing, improved public communication and the use of advanced technology
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South Korea has seen a steady decrease in new coronavirus cases for four consecutive days, despite being one of the worst-affected countries outside China , although global attention has shifted towards outbreaks in Italy and Iran .
As of end-Monday, it had 7,513 cases and 54 deaths. The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said there was an increase of 131 cases from Sunday to Monday.
The country averaged more than 500 new infections a day for the past two weeks, but last Friday, this number dipped to 438, then 367 on Saturday and 248 on Sunday. The daily number of confirmed cases is reported the following day.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday noted his country’s “slowing trend” of new infections but warned: “We should not be complacent at all.”
His point was underscored by the KCDC, which said that among the new patients were more than 60 people who were infected while working in close proximity to each other at an insurance company call centre.
“The total number of new confirmed cases is on a downturn but there are concerns over such mass infection cases”, said KCDC Deputy Director Kwon Jun-wook.
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From that comment is is safe to say that you think Trumps approach, and the American people behavior, mimics Iran’s?
Yes, that’s what you’re saying.
Talk about being ill informed.
Oops that was mocking Iran.
I miss it.
Apologies.
The 150K testing number is great, but we have no way of knowing if everybody who has been exposed to COVID-19 in SK has been tested, and statistically, it's probably not true.
Even if there were undetected mild cases, that is certainly the case for the flu as well, and since those are not counted for the flu it is an invalid comparison.
Actually the 0.1% death rate number from the CDC for the Flu includes an estimate of people who have COVID-19 and who have not seen the doctor. Without the estimate, the number from the CDC is 0.2%.
Also, that 0.7% number assumes that all the unresolved cases will recover which, while I hope that’s the case, is altogether unlikely (4 died in the last day or so, for example). Allocating all those cases to the “win” column is overly optimistic at best or disingenuous at worst.
99% of the remaining unresolved cases in SK are described as "mild". Only 1% of the unresolved cases are described as "serious" or "critical". So that really shouldn't effect the 0.7% number too significantly.
They learned from china. No testing therefore no new cases.
Been keeping up with the stats. There’s a ways to go and some more explosions in cases waiting, but the number changes in general look encouraging.
SK has done the most testing.
The number of deaths per day from COVID-19 in SK is down.
Your post doesn't make any sense.
Doesn’t stop it but when you get a large testing result it will do what?
SPIKE.
Especially when it’s from a group like the religious sect.
So those few days are high and then it drops.
But that’s not an indication it’s contained and won’t spread later.
Make sense?
Like we have no idea what the real U.S. numbers are because no extensive testing has taken place here. Those numbers will go up bigly the next few days as test results come in.
Sorry, should have added (sarc) to answer. Just a jab at china.
Koreans are a small, unicultural country. They share a common language, outlook, history and tight social norms. They are also economically advanced with the most modern communications in the world.
They are also a democracy
So they don’t need to herd their citizens like communists do. They just need to spread the word about how to limit the virus, and organize testing and quarantine as needed, and they can easily succeed.
Just another reason why politically promoted “diversity” is such a dangerous concept.
Well, it’s ONE WAY to ‘fix’ Social Security.............
Speculative at best
LOL!
Big positive test results, which are inevitable, will cause the death rate to plummet.
To well under 1%.
That’s getting into the range of death rates for very bad colds.
We USED to be that way...................
History repeats itself.
Identical situation in 2003 SARS South Korea.
Kimchi kills SARS relatede vuruses.
Feb. 2018 “Journal of Microbiology”.
viruses
FR needs more humor!
The last couple of weeks have been too much panic.
Thanks!!!!
I love kimchi!..............................
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