Posted on 03/21/2020 6:31:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SEOUL - South Korea on Saturday advised its public to close facilities and forgo socialising for 15 days, keeping to its policy of voluntary social distancing but warning of consequences if the rules are not followed to slow the coronavirus outbreak.
The country reported 147 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, jumping from the previous day’s 87, and experts noted the need to prepare for a “long battle” as concerns of imported cases and new outbreaks around small clusters persisted.
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said in a televised address the government strongly recommended religious, indoor sports and entertainment facilities such as nightclubs suspend operations, and people avoid socialising and travel for the next 15 days.
If facilities do not conform to rules such as mandatory mask wearing for all users, at least 1 meter (3.3 ft) distance between everyone and listing the names and phone numbers of all entrants while operating, the government will order gatherings to disperse.
“In the event of failure to comply with the administrative order, we will actively take all possible measures stipulated by law, including the facilities’ shutdown and indemnity claims,” Chung said.
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So much for following the South Korean model. They’re starting to follow the globalist model.
The battle will mainly be over in less than eight weeks.
The virus is too contagious and even I am not careful enough to avoid infection.
[They’re starting to follow the globalist model.]
The battle will mainly be over in less than eight weeks.
My guess is six to sixteen weeks.
That said, if South Korea, which is a model thus far, has concluded that whatever they are doing can’t ultimately hold back the flood, you may very well be right that the low end is more likely than the high end.
It is still cool season over their 40s and 50s to the low 60s as a High
Some medical folks are saying 18 months is needed.
I thought 4 weeks was plenty.
But i’m thinking, i went to shoprite today where there were 100s of people.
How many had it an how many caught it?
China had the luxury of not caring whether its citizen lived or died and even entombed them alive in their own homes.
Might be a little harder in non communist countries.
But like everything else in history...this too shall pass
“This too shall pass”
I agree.
It might pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass.
:) :)
You’re in NYC?
I was working out statistics, and at present it really isn’t that bad in terms of percentage of the population even in NYC. If my town of 1200 had two cases, it would be worse off than Y’all. The question is whether or not there will be exponential growth from here or the thing dies off.
You are right, it shall pass.
Not really. 147 may sound like a lot but in late Feb/early March they were regularly adding 400-1000 new cases a day. They’ve still seen great improvement and a one day mild uptick in their number of total cases doesn’t change that.
Yep. Sorry to hear that it is needed of course, but it will somewhat take one cudgel from the orange leader bad drumbeat.
Some have argued that as more people get it and recover with no issues, they will cut as natural circuit breakers and will stop the exponential growth of the virus.
Not every projection of the numbers takes this factor into account.
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