This is the 1st I’ve heard that most of the cases are related to one particular group of people.
“Shincheonji is often accused of being a cult and claims its founder, Lee Man-hee, has donned the mantle of Jesus Christ and will take 144,000 people with him to heaven on the day of judgement.”
Does this guy have the virus?
“This is the 1st I’ve heard that most of the cases are related to one particular group of people.”
Also news broke today about a cluster of cases in a Chinese prison. 213 prisoners including 7 officers:
I tried to research this cult, Shincheonji, a little(!) bit:
Unknown regarding their leader & the virus.
The cult has over 120,000 members. Something tells me they are NOT mostly out in the villages in the hills. (This outbreak is in SK’s 3rd largest metro area.)
Once converted, members are said to spend less time with friends and family, neglect work, etc., but OTOH they proselytize a LOT. How much intra-cult socialization they do I could not find good info. on, but they do apparently hold a “Shincheonji National Olympiad” in Olympic Stadium, South Korea - how often, I don’t know.
To what extent the group might or might not cooperate with medical personnel, report illnesses, contacts, etc., I haven’t a clue. Hopefully they do not have a sense of being persecuted by the gov’t, and / or get persecuted by “non-believers” - that could make things very bad.
Is this trouble? I honestly don’t know. Not enough info. I’d guess there is a small chance this could blow up.
Him and 143,999 Others?