The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response

[@지원-d8c]

I'm Korean and here's the fact that most country misunderstand. The tracking system used by the Korean government ensures anonymity. Only basic information, such as the route of the infected, is sent to citizens by text, so the infected do not have to worry about their personal information and privacy being violated.

[@mensrea1251]

Boxing Bro How do you know personally identifiable information is even stored?

[@user-hs6uw9lr2v]

Boxing Bro Most countries have laws that violate privacy to some degree, for example in US the patriot act and Europe bc of terrorism. Not giving up this much of your right seems absurd to me in a situation like this. Don’t you give more personal information to facebook? Oh the irony.

[@jiyemoon2003]

I feel like a lot of people are forgetting about the Patriot Act which is WAY WAY worse...

[@unkannyunkanny9232]

That's great but with the nifty computers we have and other sources of info, I'm pretty sure that anonymity can be pierced. I don't worry for the case where a pandemic eventually ends. But what if it never does? As much as I support it as a way of getting out from under a pandemic, I worry that which seemed reasonable in the short term becomes bad in the long term. It'll be a hard sell in the US. I wonder if we've been fooling ourselves thinking the Spanish Flu is a marker of how infrequent pandemics are. Perhaps as earth's climate changes, diseases will mutate faster. Maybe this won't be the last pandemic for the next 100 years, we'll get a different pandemic ten years from now; 2 years from now; overlapping pandemics. It's paralyzing to ponder. We'll just have to keep up with the problems as they come - be it fast or sneaky slow erosion of rights.

[@TonyFontaine1988]

Suuuurrreee. Just like the Patriot Act is only used to track terrorists

[@MGZetta]

Korean patient: I met A, B, C, and D American patient: none of your business

[@GabrielKlock]

Same here in Brazil, at least 'muricans are testing alot, here ppl are doing parties.

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

That's American mentality for you.

[@kookie175]

@@GabrielKlock can't help it when their own president is 'partying' as well

[@Angelina-je7rm]

Are you sure? I didn't know because I'm Korean.

[@MGZetta]

@@Angelina-je7rm Why do you think, in Korea, contact tracing is much better than in the US?

[@mathuraadir7061]

Shoutout to all the people from the future watching this video for a school project

[@ariq94]

yeahh lol hi guys! all the best for your research

[@Kurosaka]

Prolly somebody's master's project

[@TheGnocid]

mathur aadir you got no school where you are!

[@nalla1782]

yeah guys i lived through this you can message me for an interview lol

[@nxthanhehe6437]

Yes! I'm apart of history, get your grades this is a primary source!

[@bohanxu6125]

Now that I think about it. The reason why Korean's numbers was higher than other countries at that time, is probably because Korea is doing diagnostic tests way more and earlier than other countries.

[@wasddsaw2726]

and are the confirmed cases way waaaaay less than the true number of cases?

[@_judy._.k_]

@@wasddsaw2726 whats ur point?

[@ghostofdavinci2003]

@@_judy._.k_ they didn't have one

[@hamza-trabelsi]

Yes That's true , Don't Look just at the shape of Curves or number of cases , You must also take into account the numbers of tests done . In my country we are doing around 500 tests a Day . you can't find 1000 infected people in a single day because you can only do 500 , but thank god we had responsible government . they did all they could despite the bad economical situation in the country even before the corona

[@eduardo42897]

Not just early testing but tracing is very important

[@geoffbannister8373]

I'm a Brit living in Korea. The government response here has been absolutely incredible. I'm a HUGE advocate for personal privacy, but I'll be the first to admit that all of the information we have been getting from the government through forced emergency messages to our phones is amazing and IMO it should be a necessity. If I go out, I know exactly WHERE and WHAT to avoid. There is obviously a stark difference between the countries that took this seriously to begin with and the countries that didn't. As mentioned in the video - I know that the UK is larger than S. Korea, but IMO all of the deaths in the UK are down to the government just not taking the thing seriously enough.

[@ckcl78]

I'm glad to see Boris Johnson contracting the virus. Maybe he'll start to take this pandemic seriously and finally do something good for the people

[@Miquelalalaa]

Geoff Bannister There are value reasons for the lack of trust in the government in the U.K. South Korea is nationalist and homogenous country, whilst the native people are being actively replaced in the U.K. - there is no unity here.

[@ckcl78]

@@Miquelalalaa the people lost trust in the government during the first week of outbreak because it hadn't closed its doors on China as per medical experts advice. It quickly regain trust from the public within a week as it was consistently being transparent on the measured taken and the numbers of infected. Homogeneity and culture didn't have much to do with it

[@Miquelalalaa]

@@ckcl78 Homogeneity and culture are always present in the background. I never said that it was a direct factor, but it ensures that public action and public response is efficient and orderly, and it forces the government to act as the unity of the people means that if they fail, they lose the confidence of an entire people.

[@zenj-g2z]

Bede As a skorean who used to study in uk, i agree with you on some points. What id like to clarify is the fact there are certain numbers of “foreigners” from all over the world in skorea as well and skorean government has been offering free tests even to illegal immigrants not just to tourists or residents from other ethnical backgrounds, which is for the south korean citizens safety. Also skorea is a Confucianist country. It means skoreans society tends to love hierarchy and Confucianism places emphasis on each ones’ role and responsibilities. Confucianism is based on collectivism. So skoreans success on flatting curve isnt merely because of its homogeneity. From my observation i felt there are many ethnicities in uk mainly because of uk’s imperialistic aspect. But as far as i remember, there are many civil activities for community which i have warm memories. As you said it cannot be the same as relatively homogeneous&confusionist society but i do believe uk can manage your own version. Everything has pros and cons, right? I felt the diversity of ethnicity made your country more interesting. I guess its kinda homework for uk after this pandemic to sort out how to make people unitise and how to NHS more efficient and prompt. Also uk citizens need to talk about privacy issue. If uk keep putting individuals’ privacy over unity, it would be difficult to control pandemic like this.

[@sarahmarz7048]

And they did this WITHOUT lockdown. Only social distancing and restricted movements. It felt strange seeing Koreans can still go out around when the world has to stay in their homes.

[@yek7879]

MASKS

[@harisu8247]

OK koreaboo

[@diegoleonardia5358]

@@harisu8247 i mean.. They atill right tho

[@aleeyaqistina7325]

@@harisu8247 U mind to shut up? The person just spitting fats right there and here you are

[@andrewrankin1921]

All they had to do was give up their fundamental human rights!

[@evankim2265]

I’m South Korean. We’ve been thinking that overreacting is way better than underreacting, since we went through the MERS outbreak.

[@vhgkdgkd]

True (I'm South Korean too👋)

[@kreatur_]

Unfortunately this is certainly not the case for the Chinese it seems

[@Lucid292]

And some countries laughed at Korea.

[@yangaus7149]

No, its not overreacting, its simply preparing for the worst case scenario that happened before, therefore, your country now become a trusted role model to handle this pandemic 🤔

[@CT--gs1wj]

Here in Hong Kong, we did the same, for 2 reasons. First, we lived through the 2003 SARS outbreak. Secondly, we have an incompetent government that won't close the border with Mainland China or implement aggressive testing. So we took matters on our hands and take protective measures.

[@fianhyde]

South Korea is in another level with this corona virus issues, they move quickly and flattened the curves!

[@exoticcar5482]

*flatten, not flattened yet. They will move quickly again if another corona wave comes through

[@fianhyde]

ElevatorMan5482 ElevExperiencing Productions yeah, thanks for correcting 🙏

[@Weyird]

I was in Korea when most of this went down. I took it as the norm, and I was never panicked although people there were very cautious. Immediately after patient 31, everybody was wearing masks and hardly leaving their homes. I just kept getting these annoying alerts on my phone telling me where infected people had been (and I'd just avoid those places). Came back home in March and I was surprised that almost nobody was reacting to anything. The difference in public reaction was so stark - it was like seeing a sloth after living with cheetahs.

[@blackl1steddrums]

Weyird you have a unique experience and I hope we learn from this as a country.

[@akhilalot]

I guess past experiences teach well

[@MangoMuffin]

Same. When I left, everyone in the airport had gloves and masks on. When I arrived in America, everyone in the airport had nothing on like there wasn't confirmed cases and no outbreak was going on. 🙄 Let alone the fact that in South Korea that you could get tested fast and know within the next day. At that point, America didn't even have a widely available test.

[@thatgirlreacts5465]

おちんちんシール because he’s right.

[@thatgirlreacts5465]

Emma Hadsell freak

[@kcmn0089]

They didn't have a lock down and they still flattened the curve. Hats off to them!!

[@arbaz79]

Actually they did had a lockdown but now slowly they are lifting it up

[@brianlee1733]

@@arbaz79 they didnt have an official one where the goverment was like noone go out. People just stopped going out bec they didnt want it to spread. If other countries did that too they would need an official lockdown

[@gardenflower6980]

No lockdown in SK

[@alien1976rs]

@@TealJosh No, South Korea did never lock down. People in South Korea have kept social distance. Thats all.

[@iamgroot2810]

They didn't impose a lockdown cuz the Koreans are actually really sensible and smart enough to understand the situation and not go out themselves.

[@zyrn1564]

Hats off to South Koreans. They are just one step ahead of everybody else.

[@zoinks9864]

This is a load of barnacles r/cursedcomments

[@kaizer8280]

This is a load of barnacles better than being one step ahead at gun violence 🤭

[@Mythicalgnome]

@@zoinks9864 really you think this is false

[@zoinks9864]

Grayson Whitlock ???

[@Mythicalgnome]

zoinks South Korea is far ahead of everyone else is the world in terms of Covid-19

[@peterjohnson1698]

South Korea is the only one country among the entire world that all school will start via virtual schools with 5G speed for 5 million students in a daily basis. WOW!!!

[@primadonna82]

While in US, the slow internet causes delays and freezes every few minutes during a lesson....sigh...

[@Variety1985]

ONE WORLD SCHOOL DISTRICT??? IT MAY BE TOO SOON TO TELL ... but where is this "DISTANCE LEARNING" going to take us? Will it become the END of PUBLIC SCHOOLS as we know it? Will it be the END of LOCAL school boards? Will it be the END of TEACHERS UNIONS? Will this be an END to PARENTS INVOLVEMENT in their LOCAL school district? Will this become the push to PRIVATIZE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM? TRUMP, in his STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, he even PRAISED the PRIVATE SCHOOL SYSTEM ... as to suggest it's so much better over the PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. Like the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ... "BIG BUSINESS" wants to PRIVATIZE the postal service (a GOVERNMENT SERVICE that's REQUIRED by our U.S. Constitution) and what's stopping them from going after the PUBLIC SCHOOLS! It's BIG MONEY in their pockets if they PRIVATIZE public education!! Right now ... the major INTERNET PROVIDERS are already receiving BIG BUCKS to provide INTERNET SERVICES to EVERY HOME in the nation to bring "DISTANCE LEARNING" to fruition. Services like "Google Classroom" and others will benefit from the funding they will receive to bring this "new school system" online. DO YOU THINK THAT THESE SERVICES WILL WANT TO GIVE UP ALL OF THAT NEW MONEY THEY NOW HAVE COMING THEIR WAY ... we can't forget about PROFITS for those STOCKHOLDERS, you know. And, will parents still receive the INTERNET CONNECTION for FREE ... or will you PAY FOR IT later down the road??? IMAGINE ... LOCAL SCHOOLS and LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS are now gone for good! And, who says all TEACHERS will get to keep their JOBS! Teachers can be REPLACED by VIRTUAL IMAGES on a computer screen that will now present the lesson ... or even replaced by teachers from other countries where labor costs less. If the student has a QUESTION ... all they have to do is open up a CHAT session and the help they need for their studies will now come from an educator from another country. BIG BUSINESS will want to MAXIMIZE PROFITS and will need to KEEP OVERHEAD LOW so they may choose automation and other ways to INCREASE PROFITS. NOW, it may become that neither PARENTS or SCHOOL BOARDS will have a say as to WHAT EDUCATION your child will be taught! Mind you, there might be some "PLUS and MINUS" to this whole DISTANCE LEARNING thing ... but you can BET that it's going to be all about MONEY and CONTROL!! Are you willing to GIVE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL of your schools ... you are doing it now with local shopping as you avoid shopping main street and buy more and more ONLINE! We already see more and more retailers becoming CENTRALIZED on the INTERNET. I hope PARENTS, TEACHERS, and SCHOOL BOARDS are KEEPING AN EYE on this whole DISTANCE LEARNING matter. The fate of your child's education is here at hand.

[@colorsevenplay3310]

wow I didnt know that my country is the only one country among the entire world. Actually it is the first attempt in S.Korea, so there was also some problems on the first day. And Korean are watching a change now. Thank you for your interest in my country. I hope whole world will overcome Covid 19 as soon as possible.

[@ameyas7726]

Huawei is velly happy....will send panda to South Korea soon

[@hithere3250]

@@primadonna82 slow wifi speeds aren't the fault of the government or anyone else. You get what you pay for

[@octaviasmith5002]

Key words: *whether they showed symptoms or not*

[@victorhinojos3050]

You can only test at that scale if you prepare hospitals with tests, most other countries were simply not prepared testing wise and simply could not afford to test everyone symptom or no symptom.

[@parsatayebi7652]

@@victorhinojos3050 Well maybe they should, you know... Give hospitals the tools they need to perform their jobs.

[@vivvasbill]

Octavia Smith that s why we are dying, in the US we need to have all of the symptoms before we get tested; by then half of our lungs are already infected. And they put us in a ventilation for 10 days, as result the hospitals are overwhelmed by patients. If they admit us at the hospital at the earlier stage of the virus, people will spend less time at the hospital and more people will save. 😒

[@robobeg]

@@victorhinojos3050 Tests don't need to be conducted only at hospitals as the video shows. Besides, only patients with severe symptoms need to be hospitalized; The remainder can be quarantined at other facilities while being monitored.

[@GEG266]

Another key words: Small country surface.

[@alliecakes16]

Wow imagine being a country that takes necessary steps to prepare for a pandemic... what a concept

[@JConestar]

I will never know, I live in America.

[@andychen5579]

Allie Smith too bad my country the USA is literally procrastinating on every single historic event from WW1 to the Coronavirus pandemic.

[@autistichades5552]

@@andychen5579 same for us Brits, why do we want to help a pathetically lazy government that just rely on us to ruin our lives just to prevent some rude old lady from dying?

[@h.l.phillips3175]

CPP from lab in China. Manmade. Fault of WHO. Giving China more time . BUt there's a twist in the tale....😉😉😉😉

[@prepx3430]

Nah, that's not part of my country's culture.

[@jhoneldred4729]

They are dealing this virus in a whole different level. Hats off to them

[@hilal_younus]

Yet Trump Cut funding WHO.... when he himself didn’t do anything to stop It.

[@js-cj4vi]

@Sam Fisher i wanna marry your mom

[@nicholasgraham4402]

By making citizens give up basic human rights. What a trade-off!

[@drumatic]

@@hilal_younus His admin helped to create it - "The National Institutes of Health recently announced it would renew funding research enabling scientists to alter pathogens to make them more dangerous, raising questions about whether the TRUMP administration had opened the door to a potential pandemic." December 2017 - The information is posted on NIH site.

[@sweetdove7390]

@@nicholasgraham4402 maybe you misunderstood... But US and europe patriotic act is worst than this

[@martinsloan9785]

As a U.S. citizen, we could learn a lot from our Korean friends.

[@mexitechnology7838]

Not with this clown as a president

[@귤까모]

And I wish president Trump could, too.

[@velcranoxofficials9970]

Wish Americans would stop denying that they are doing a bad job

[@gudetamwa]

@@velcranoxofficials9970 bruh where r u from

[@kelvin31272]

If people who freaking riot for 'freedom' stop jesus

[@teufelhunden8308]

Remember when we used to make fun of Asians for wearing masks in public?

[@냥-v8f]

Remember when some americans descriminated asians for wearing or not wearing masks in public?

[@correctionguy7632]

No?

[@brownjatt21]

@@냥-v8f why it always gotta be Americans, literally the whole world does/did that.

[@mittim8272]

@@pepe-wk5gv so the chinese cant wear mask then ?

[@김규민-m5d]

But Asians including Koreans shouldn't discriminate Western people on the grounds that they are the centre of worldwide spreading. Because we don't have to behave like racists. Now Asian people realized that Western people aren't more sophisticated or smarter than Asians thanks to this phenomenon.

[@jasonshinhenglee680]

People in 2050 gonna be watching this to study for their covid-19 unit.

[@namename-mz1je]

Its like the Spanish Flu

[@entiretwix1480]

@@namename-mz1je well, key difference is the Spanish flue killed %30, while sars is 10% and covid-19 is like 1%

[@brendantodt5043]

Entire Twix Actually the death rate for COVID-19 is 6%. Divide the number of deaths by the number of confirmed cases.

[@belygorod8368]

@@brendantodt5043 well not exactly the problem is many people never show symptoms so the death rate is lover but we can't know how much exactly. There was an estimate of 1,4% but that's just the best guess and depends on country to country because the worse the healthcare system the higher the death rate.

[@sims-fi]

No...Today, in medical school it is already studied in its community health course...

[@aeolia80]

I live here in Korea, this was really good reporting on what's going on here, in general terms

[@srk4520]

thank you...my words exactly.

[@KevinKuschel]

I live in Seoul right now and I agree!

[@carloseduardomondragon8052]

Anything else that you think is worth sharing?

[@aka9photography]

I live in Hong Kong, but Taiwan is doing the best in Asia!

[@yuzeng1325]

@@aka9photography Taiwan No.1

[@vanz681]

The reason why it was sharp rise because *they were actually testing*

[@CT--gs1wj]

Theres another reason why South Korea didn't have to implement aggressive lockdowns, and its because of community response. South Koreans are more than aware of the outbreak, and were willing to take protective measures such as washing hands, social distancing, and wearing mask. Contrast it with the western world, people weren't taking the outbreak seriously, weren't wearing mask or keeping social distance until it was too late, thats why their cases rised dramatically. I think total lockdown isn't necessary if people took it seriously.

[@MeghanaAnjali]

I agree with you on all except the wearing masks part. A lot of people, medical professionals and the WHO said masks were basically useless and they should only be used by sick people to prevent from spreading to others. So I think a lot of people who were being responsible and careful otherwise decided against using masks for this reason. Edited to clarify: I don't personally think masks are ineffective. Just pointing out that that's what WHO said. I don't think we should blame the public for following the WHO either! WHO should have told people to make their own masks at home or something.

[@seb9940]

The assomption that people dont wear masks or wash their hands enough is so wrong in many ways. The problem in a lot of Western countries is that they have barely enough or not even enough equipment for the hospitals. And privacy is not so important for South-Koreans as it is for most Western countries and people...

[@kevinchung5288]

Meghana Anjali they only said Masks should be worn by medical professionals ONLY because the MASKS were getting SOLD OUT and Medical personals didn’t have enough. Why would they tell medical professionals to wear them while WHO says it does NOTHING to prevent virus. These two things simply do not make sense together.

[@ShinYoungNoh]

@@MeghanaAnjali We shouldn't blame the public for following these guidelines, but these guidelines are seriously faulty for a virus that can be spread by asymptomatic carriers. When you can't even tell if someone is sick or not for as long as two weeks, it's better if everyone just wears masks in case they're infected without knowing it.

[@potatopatato1565]

@@kevinchung5288 you do know you can make your own mask, double it with tissue or somethin. Be creative, the point is to cover your mouth and your nasal But WHO be like:MaSK iS fOr tHE sIcK. They can tell to make our own mask if they want to reduce the panic buying

[@KoNekoNoUta]

South Korea are one of the true role model against this deadly pandemic. Please copy their model if you have an epidemic outbreak already. Love from taiwan, hope everyone is healthy and well.

[@jiwookim]

I was supposed to visit Taiwan in march and all of a sudden there was this madness. I had such a great time in Taipei last year. Hope i can visit again soon. Stay healthy🇹🇼🇰🇷

[@e_eunchae0688]

Thank you for saying that 🥰🥰

[@THESJS]

I liked how taiwan managed the things i think u guys did better our gov didnt blocked chinese u guys did we would have less infected ppl if we blocked chinese ppl

[@Tara_1219]

We love Taiwan :)

[@oleagus2080]

Taiwan did a marvelous job at containing covid-19 and deserves more credit. They were ahead of the WHO (I say this as a compliment!) Meanwhile, the corrupted WHO put politics first before anything else.

[@jaeheerang]

I am still amazed with the fact that Korea was able to flatten the curve without locking down the country during this pandemic. Looking at all other countries, you would understand how hard it is to control the situation without stopping people’s movement. Korea’s story gives a lot of hope to many other countries and I am really proud of it!

[@Beregorn88]

That's because they implemented the measures as soon as they know there was the possibility of an outbreak, and not weeks, or even months, after the outbreak actually happened. If you have a small number of persons infected (and you are prepared, obviously), you can track all of their interactions, test them and contain them; this way the number of new infections will be low as well. If you wait too long, and the infection become widespread, then you may not even able to test all the people showing symptoms: in Italy, for example, during the late half of march, tests were reserved only to medical personnel and people that needed intensive healthcare. At this point, the only thing you can to to prevent further spreading is completely prevent any form of contact, since you don't know who is infected. Also the fact that in EU, UK and US people are STILL not taking the threat seriously and keep ignoring the measure imposed if they are not actually enforced by the police and the army.

[@lch1331]

Wlld said 👍

[@swanpride]

Exactly. In Germany, they actually had a pretty good grip on it. They developed a test in January, ensured that all labs are able to conduct it and then successfully tracked down the early clusters caused by people who came in from China and later on Iran. Where they dropped the ball was that they didn't realise that Italy hat become a Corona hot-spot early enough to cancel all mass events. And they didn't stock up on enough PPE. But otherwise, they managed to convince people to practice social distancing early enough that they death toll is relatively low.

[@arthursese6068]

America won't ever be able to this. We value personal freedoms and privacy over everyone's well being.

[@matrixfull]

Yeah I'm just concerned that some countries may remove lockdowns without proper Korean anti pandemic system in place in hopes of trading lives for economy.

[@fahimir5373]

This kind of work requires massive discipline and proper understanding between the government and its people, which sadly is hard to come by. South Korea deserves a round of applause

[@SprAlx]

Imagine living in a country that actually cares about its citizens. Must be nice EDIT: I am actually American. Specifically from California and am very proud of the way our state is handling the situation.

[@kjohn0347]

If you are Korean Alexander Uribe...which i doubt. Korea has one race and i'll let you guess what that is

[@aisstunna2999]

@@kjohn0347 and they have no sense of privacy they track everything you do

[@porkypooky4412]

@@aisstunna2999 How? And can you give us one great example of EVERYTHING? I think you mistook the country for China which no one can say any bad things about Xi Jinping online?

[@fikrimahmuda9287]

Malaysia is the best!

[@porkypooky4412]

​@@aisstunna2999 Also, tracking PATIENTS (not spying on everything, but just motion path!) was allowed temporarily by installing an App on their smartphones for this pandemic. They can all remove the app after they get healed. Patients agree for the public, and while patients stay at home, they get food and stuff for free. When you are seeing this just as a privacy problem, they are actually taking care of each other.

[@TheGerm24]

The South Korean economy will reap the rewards of this quick and effective response.

[@parkjeong5296]

@Glory to God hahahaa thats just gold. And your user name just frames your comment perfectly😷

[@m_ridian]

Glory to God nah, fam

[@batsk8]

Why they had to sacrifice the privacy, when they could simply lock the borders at the time of hearing of first infection in China? No one goes in, no possibility to transmit the virus. Simple as that. Instead, they chose to let people in and wait for the outbreak, as many other countries. Now they can stalk people legally. And you all think they did good job. People are so naive, they believe everything the government says.

[@mikeykimm6719]

only to get crushed by Trump's demand to up our military hosting fee by 500%

[@catsadilla324]

it's sad because the US economy will be crushed, but Trump will use Chinese as his scapegoat in the upcoming election to get votes from the ignorant and uninformed, the same as how he scapegoated muslims and mexicans in 2016. These are cult tactics which feed of fear, lies and paranoia. The world is not only in a terrible state at the moment, but it is in the least capable hands in the longest time.

[@pinecone27]

South Korea: Acts and saves lives. The UK: IF YOUR FRIENDS WANT TO MEET *SAY NO.*

[@mahaphoublue7644]

Cambodia gov are the same too say don’t meet each other clean your hand and eating vitamins c

[@부탄가스-d9w]

God bless

[@conqwiztadore2213]

You mean Pakistan?

[@blerocket4196]

Their poor prime minister forgot to wash his hands only once!!!

[@fenhen]

Luckily after Brexit the U.K. doesn’t have any friends.

[@모모치-e6v]

My friend is nurse in Korea. She wanted to volunteer, so she asked volunteer organization if she can help patient. The answer was no. Can u imagine the reason?? Already more than 2400 volunteer waited to help people. These days, I am proud to be Korean for the first time in my life. We still have lots of problems to solve, but we gonna find answer and do things what we should do. Just like we always did.

[@peterk3863]

That's why you have lived a completely wrong life. only now feel proud for the first time in your life ? ?? while all those wonderful world No 1 blessings such as the safest country in the world, most convenient, and affordable transportion in the world, cleanest and least noisy environment, etc etc. I feel ashamed of people like you ungrateful......

[@모모치-e6v]

@@peterk3863 Whatever i think about my country,it is my freedom. Don't try to judge my thoughts and my life. That's why u have lived a completely wrong life.

[@ManBug-iu1fu]

Why are you proud to be a Korean now? You should've been proud from the beginning. As a Korean myself, I believe every Korean should be extremely proud of Korea and her accomplishments.

[@youwayo]

Remember when a lot of people considered S Korea to be very dangerous back in late February?

[@QMJUN]

Red the early corona virus outbreak become a chance for S Korea ironically

[@mykeh3155]

@JH.L exactly, its estimated that for every confirmed case, 10-50 go undetected. SK tested people that didn't even get significantly ill which of course would make scary numbers.

[@DK_inKOR]

@JH.L Exactly. no test, no patient. just like Japan.

[@paxundpeace9970]

Agree

[@jrobinsonwebster]

It was because of patient 31, the 61 year old women that was infected with the virus, she refused to be tested several times and went to the shinchongri church that had at least 200,000 people and ended up infecting everyone in the church and they ended up infecting a lot more people in South Korea

[@kmastanz]

I think S Korea was smarter than other countries

[@japony]

Is

[@아앙아아앙-k3g]

@@몜-r6y 뭔소리임

[@김예하-j4j]

@@몜-r6y 그때 문제가 크게 확장될 시초에 잘 판단했다는 뜻이 잖아요 ㅎㅎ 그때 잘 판단했던거니 과거형이 맞죠.ㅋㅋ 물론 그 밑에 댓글에 현재형으로 바꿔서 달린 댓은 칭찬은 맞죠 지금도 잘하고 있다는 뜻이니. 그렇다고 해서 원글러가 비꼬거나 지금은 못했다고 말하고 있는 건 아니죠. 논리적 판단에 오류가 있으시네요 ㅎㅎ

[@RosemaryTurner2002]

I agree.

[@japony]

@@김예하-j4j 펙트!

[@fritzvila]

That is what we call developed country...

[@CitsVariants]

Like america?

[@ericbaek]

@@CitsVariants haha good joke.

[@sbevebren1642]

Yeah sure... Italy, USA, definetly doing great still have less than a thousand cases

[@dmar3651]

@@sbevebren1642 Italy and USA doing great? Less than a thousand cases? Nice one

[@leocastrillo759]

@@sbevebren1642 2000 cases a day, surpassed Italy

[@rebeldevil6052]

I'm so glad I moved to S.Korea from the USA last year.

[@user-qix72j]

Welcome!!

[@mi-sookkim]

Congrat!

[@xlongyujax]

So jelly!!

[@satr806]

You don't have to.....

[@celemtine]

And i’m trapped in America :(

[@Dalze49]

I am South Korean. I would like to pay my respects to medical staff who suffer all day and night.

[@videoshare3365]

Luckily, you have Teacher Kim.

[@alyssaviolapalomar3707]

are you not in lockdown anymore?

[@장폰부]

@@alyssaviolapalomar3707 We didn't do a lockdown originally

[@munjungkim4314]

Jeho Hahm president Moon’s action is not much as Trump...;;

[@Eric-hz8qd]

@@alyssaviolapalomar3707 Korea didn't lockdown at all

[@chgone5034]

S Korea made the most amazing job, because they got the spread under control without any lockdowns and airport shutdowns.

[@tonyraffetto931]

As an american living in korea, thank god

[@jrobinsonwebster]

Tony Raffetto bro I wish I was back in Korea right now man, I really miss bein there and my South Korean friends, I’ve always had a great time there

[@sarahchoi2657]

As a Korean living in America... Idek where to start but I hope you’re having a good time there!

[@electronresonator8882]

@@sarahchoi2657 I think both of you should switch position

[@ryu-p6y]

Hi there

[@마이바이-h6u]

@Amethyst Korea's first case was detected in January

[@mywayhomealice]

As a Korean, I think the reason we are doing well in this pandemic situation is that we Koreans have a strong sense of community. So sometimes we prioritize the good of community over one's own good. Frankly speaking, I am healthy and don't wanna wear a mask. It's very stuffy. But the reason I am wearing it is not to make others disturbed by me. I think many Koreans would think that way. I even heard of a man whose daughter was confirmed. He is running a grocery store in a market place. Actually even though someone is confirmed, we don't know who's who. We are only informed of that person's whereabouts. But the father posted a notice on his grocery store that said his daughter was confirmed, so just in case do not buy food there. It was not him who was confirmed but his daughter. So it was not enforced by the police to shut his store down . But he did. Of course that is not the whole story of Koreans. But still there are many Koreans who think and act that way.

[@sb8095]

True!!

[@bakedtarts]

This is Asians and their collective culture. In the Western world, they tend to be and value individualistic mindsets. Eg. all the recent protests in America about ending the lockdown and how it “infringes on their rights”. As a result, it will really put a strain on the healthcare workers and ironically, prolong the fight against Covid and an economic downturn.

[@hamps9285]

This is way way way more advance than any other country's testing in the whole world. Seeing this makes me feel like my country will never be able to overcome this virus.

[@fredokruger6042]

South Koreans are also great citizens, cough cough.

[@shahad3463]

In Kuwait, we do this too 👍

[@swanpride]

I am pretty sure that for its population seize, Iceland does even better, and Germany at least comes close to South Korea.

[@TrangThu-hb9iy]

Vietnam has a population of 90 million, is right next to China, and has 262 cases in total.

[@electronresonator8882]

which means we will see the end of your country more or less this year?

[@soulcareer5261]

Test, trace, treat are the magic words that S. Korea seems to have put into practice successfully. There is no lockdown, no panic buying, and no shortage of medical kits in S.Korea. It's life as usual, except for voluntary social distancing by the citizens, who are well educated and highly informed. S. Korea is a model case on how democratic societies can deal with pandemic crises.

[@liljoe123196]

Big brother "tracing" your every move. Sounds amazing.

[@drew2fast4u]

@@liljoe123196 only if you get tested positive

[@user-hs6uw9lr2v]

deep N side The name, face, and address are not opened. Now we can have elections and everybody is free to visit anywhere they want to go, whereas most countries are in lockdown...who’s getting their rights violated now

[@djedd23]

deep N side yeh what’s worse that or living in lockdown with everything shut down?

[@getrehkt3139]

And they shared information of the travel of the person or persons with covid. They didn't hide it and let it turn into an issue like America!

[@whiteamanda1275]

Dont' forget , Koreans never done panic buying too.

[@Miquelalalaa]

z z Korea is a homogenous, high trust society. My country - Britain - was once like that, but unfortunately it has been greatly tarnished by the effects of diversity and multiculturalism.

[@anaisalvarez6017]

@@Miquelalalaa nah, mate, that ain't it. It probably has to do with how they value the group over the individual. Most Western countries are now all bout individualism, whereas as in Asia they prize the group more. That's why they prized more public health (which FYI benefits EVERYONE) over their "liberties".

[@Miquelalalaa]

@@anaisalvarez6017 Valuing and considering the group is channelled through their shared identity. You have just provided an example that reinforces my point. It's a basic psychological process to want to protect your group and people. I recently watched the documentary 'American Factory', it was clear that the mindset of the Chinese workers was geared towards advancing the fortunes and reputation of the Chinese people - I imagine it is similar in Korea. Group identity --> group mindset

[@vietmatch87]

@@anaisalvarez6017 Asian countries value "collectivism" .

[@TheOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

@@Miquelalalaa Study Singapore. They have a large group identity but are extremely diverse.

[@Bot]

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[@hueieve]

bruh HAHAHAH

[@ahadiacd6142]

Lol

[@ycacubid7476]

already doing one :(

[@flonk9467]

hi future its me

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

Kids today***

[@딘오스틴]

Some people criticize about privacy issue in South Korea. As a Korean, I'm ready to sacrifice my privacy to protect my family, friends, and people from covid-19. I believe our government use people's information only for public purposes, not for their own benefits. Also, government didn't even open all informations. They opens limited and only necessary privacy to the public. We only know infected people's movements, age, etc... We cannot particular who are they. If government use our privacy for other purposes, we can impeach current government as we did before. Of course, I have a right to have privacy but simultaneously, have responsibility to keep others life safe.

[@downthispath6538]

Exactly. I'm not Korean but friends with some and this seems to be the general consensus among the population. Freedom comes with responsibility, a responsibility to your country. But sadly, Korea's ability to persecute their government if they violate the law and abuse their power is not possible in other countries which are riddled with bureaucratic and political hullabaloos. It seems like every past Korean president since 1993 have been tried and gone to jail after their term at one point or another. You really can't do that in most countries. Hence the distrust of the population to their government. It's a sad situation all around.

[@ramelandalecio1630]

That is why COVID case in your country is slower than any country in East Asia.

[@김철현-c2u]

ㅎㅎ 동의합니다만, 타국이 따르기 어려운 부분이 아마 정보를 수집한 후 정부가 그걸 남용해서 권력을 추구할 시 막을 수 있는가 하는 부분일 거 같습니다. 당장 지금 일본도 비상사태를 지렛대 삼아 개헌하자는 이야기도 나오니까요. 한국은 거지같이 군다고 대통령 보내버린게 겨우 3 4년 된 나라죠.(애초에 이런 탄핵이 세계적으로 거의 유례가 없고) 유튜브 둘러보다 보니 타국의 시민사회가 한국만큼 자신감을 갖고 자국 정부를 대하기란 어려울 수도 있겠단 생각이 들어 의견 남깁니다. 그리고 왠지 나라 잘난척인듯도 싶어서 한글로만ㅋ

[@3530mark]

@@김철현-c2u Haha, I agree, but the part that is difficult for other countries to follow is probably part of collecting the information and then stopping the government from abusing it to pursue power. It is said that right now, Japan is also using the emergency to leverage its constitution. Korea is only 3 or 4 years old when the President sent him to be a beggar. I think it might be difficult, so I leave a comment. And for some reason, I want to be a good country,

[@딘오스틴]

@@김철현-c2uㅋㅋㅋㅋ 코멘트 감사드립니다. 저도 여차하면 피도 흘리지 않고 비교적 평화롭게 정권을 심판할 수 있다는 자신감이 쉽게 생기는건 아니라는 것에 동의합니다.

[@abstractgroove160]

I am British. The UK government has been a complete embarrassment in managing this outbreak.

[@abramo7700]

SK: Prepare for the worst, diagnostic kits first Everywhere outside SK: I DONT KNOW GO INSIDE JUST LET THE HEALTH GUYS DO THEIR THING

[@autobahnwaybab7608]

Sorry to say UK has always been an embarrassing country!

[@sb8095]

@@abramo7700 this is so true!

[@RosemaryTurner2002]

I strongly agree.

[@conniehuhson1715]

I am sKorean and I had a chance to study abroad in London. As much as I loved living there, there are some things I wished to be better. And one of them is hospital system. I know NHS amazing staffs and always care for public health. But the system that patients have to go through is rather tough. Once I was sick and had to visit the gp and it took me a whole half day. Then she handed me out a paper and with that I could go visit a bigger hospital which takes me a week to see a doctor there since I had to book a date. Unfortunately, I wanted to get well right away so I had to come back to Korea to have a faster treatment. In SKorea there are big university hospitals that takes over every sector of the disease-from orthopedics to internal treatments. But there are also many small specialist hospitals that you can go to. For example, if you have a sore throat you can go to ENT hospitals straight away and have it checked. It only takes few minutes to see a doctor and get medicines or treatments. It is similar to clinics in UK but with more variety of departments. So under this virus situation, since the departments are so divided into small hospitals that people who are infected by coronavirus and other patients are not sharing a same hospital. Therefore patients who do not have coronavirus still can get their treatments from small hospitals without fear. Stay safe and wish you all the best 💕

[@thisisbob1001]

This is how to run a country

[@Miquelalalaa]

Nationalism and ethnic homogeneity are positive forces 👍👍

[@longangrysausage3495]

Darude Seagalstorm I kind of agree. I hope ur doing all right in Korea. but there are many things there that are not right

[@Alksdjeoxivls]

​@Darude Seagalstorm It's pretty clear that you don't like the current SK gov't, but you don't believe in the numbers? If you are ACTUALLY Korean, then you must be living in a cave or something. Maybe you are the one who doesn't know what's going on in Korea right now. Also, I don't think the media is politically corrupted in such a way that praises President Moon. It's actually the opposite. Do you not remember how the media praised the Japanese or some European governments for managing the virus effectively until the beginning of March?

[@ayanamirei6017]

@@Alksdjeoxivls 대깨문 발견

[@raccoonious4038]

@Darude Seagalstorm is obviously either a troll or a hater - I would leave that be

[@재글재글-e8p]

"Don’t listen to those who say South Koreans comply with social distancing because ...Confucianism. This is a country that fought for democracy and impeached a president, a vocal democracy that has held those in power to account. And this is the result.."

[@lolmeme69_]

Not exactly. China and Japan have Confucianism and they're not doing to well. Korean culture just advocates power for the people and that we must always work together to overcome hardships. A culture that despises lies and falsehoods and chooses to go for justice over anything else.

[@hst615]

Can I have the source of that perfect quote?

[@weareorigin]

South Korea cares for their people. It's their most valuable resource- their people.

[@siddharthsahu2101]

And most other countries care about money. Because they think that it's the most valuable resource.

[@bn56would]

@@siddharthsahu2101 Yet they went into lockdown while Korea didn't?

[@annaneedshelp7729]

survival pete yeh because he had an agenda and needed people to play into it

[@lso8733]

Korea has neither great territory nor the natural resources which most of rich country has. People are the resources in Korea.

[@YR-wz5id]

이현주 I'm also a Korean, and although I agree the medical experts and the public had the biggest part in preventing the spread of the virus, I still think our government did a pretty good job being transparent about the information and actually facing the problems. Especially when you recall the government reaction to MERS a few years ago, and also by seeing other countries react to the crisis. Also, the politicians will always use any kind of accomplishment in their favor regardless of which country they are in.

[@muhammadzinc5228]

Korea also have universal healthcare..meaning when you are injured or go to hospital, testing is free after like a $15 copay. Treatment is also free. If you have to stay in hospital multiple days, your stay is entirely covered. No annoying greedy insurance companies trying to kick you out after staying in hospital after 2 days.

[@biellaspointofview2054]

There's still out of pocket costs besides the $15 copay. But not as expensive.

[@studiohq]

Not so rosy...you need to look at the news

[@c433z]

이현주 you have to pay for insurance, and the NSA collects our metadata anyways. Suspending some privacy seems worth it if we could have better outcomes at a lower cost. But we seem to value nominal freedom over economic freedom, at least for the poor and middle class.

[@slewone4905]

and they avoid hospital and mostly take medicine in their own hands. That is why Asians in United states has longer life span than any other nations.

[@qtig9490]

and I bet they dont villify their "big pharma" like "some" in the US do eh?

[@ferragamo4570]

This is why Korea is a progressive country

[@jrobinsonwebster]

Canberk Sasmaz they’re a really developed and advanced country too

[@ferragamo4570]

Aaron Crawford I cant tell

[@ferragamo4570]

Aaron Crawford can*

[@jrobinsonwebster]

Canberk Sasmaz just edit your comment

[@earlybird5267]

I wish it's true. However, it's more of a regressive state. Filled with corruptions and oppressions.

[@ashleighmyers9270]

I like their phone notification. My county has not said anything about where the positive patients have traveled to through the county or where the picked it up from even in the beginning when it was easy to trace.

[@saralkumarshrestha]

Overreaction is underrated when threat level is unknown. USA could have done so much, but did not.

[@erickmeza4848]

its threat level midnight

[@phidoux1]

Ya, but I mean USA only has 500,000 Confirmed cases and rising, so, you know... no big deal. trump figures its a big nothing and will be over by easter, or has he stopped saying that?

[@amber5675]

@@phidoux1 Search for 'Trump's Coronavirus Calendar', with all his lies exposed as time goes on.

[@pabloortega641]

@Glory to God bruhhhhhhhh😂😂😂😂

[@crisdlcruz145]

@@erickmeza4848 buddy thats for nuclear arms

[@Ahrizzona]

this is why the train to busan movie will never happen.

[@louie_24]

박근우 LOL

[@StinkySundae]

The sequel is happening bruh..watch it at home!

[@ElijahSweetHeart]

Stinky Sundae It was a joke but ok then...

[@misskoo9512]

lol

[@치킨-n1d6d]

Wow lol

[@bootstrapfilm]

The importance of acting quickly is paramount. It’s a mystery why some countries failed to respond appropriately

[@jascrandom9855]

Its no mystery. Corrupt Populist Government Politicians cared more about the economy than public health.

[@kotoroshinoto]

@Nexatronic yes, but the USA for example isn't used to thinking of top down measures to secure public health as being relevant to the economy. They're far more accustomed to ignoring that aspect of things, as we haven't had all that many outbreaks in recent memory.

[@kktellsyoustory8872]

@Nexatronic It is more likely political reason. Until the patient 31 government was talking like 'it's not that bad', 'you don't have to wear mask', etc. It was pretty much sound like Trump. But it all changed after patient 31. This government was accusing last government over MERS really hard. They really don't want fail with COVID-19 especially parliamentary elections are coming. So stance was dramatically changed. Frankly speaking they did quite well after that but politician is politician in every country.

[@dd-rw8ey]

Ikr?? There was plenty of time after the outbreak started in China.

[@demarvelousdechosen5614]

Cough cough China cough cough

[@satangal7545]

When Covid-19 outbreaks ; Americans : Buy Guns and Toilet papers Koreans : Buy masks and sterilizers

[@김동현-j1y3f]

That's the difference. You really got it.

[@arwahsapi]

Americans don't just buy them, they hoard them

[@김동현-j1y3f]

@허준서 그 마스크 부족해지면 제지값이 오른다고 하네요. 그래서 그런거 같아요. 정확하지는 않슴다

[@hairyputter5363]

@Bodhi Sattva so collect food no?! What good is toilet paper

[@manuelschneider1105]

@@hairyputter5363 Panic mode of the simple mind. You see a handfull of people buying boatloads of TP, you buy it because they must know something you don't...

[@jyaj007]

south korea tracing people and having everything prepared ready to fight a virus... south korea what a BOSS move on handling this case

[@kjohn0347]

Tiny...VERY tiny country compared to the big boys like China, Russia, US. Lots to handle with a huge country and more than one race

[@lumini3172]

Kjohn034 You’d expect that countries with more people would be trying at least half as hard as South Korea to stop the virus from spreading, but that isn’t the case, now is it? It doesn’t matter if they have a “tiny” country, that would be all the more reason for “bigger” countries to try harder, but they didn’t.

[@아이언마스크-f4n]

@@kjohn0347 This man is Japanese who are so jealous of how Korea's doing. 😂

[@NatWarrior1]

@@kjohn0347 South Korea is sooo much more dense than America is. That leads to more people being closer to one another and a higher possibility of the virus spreading.

[@getalife3111]

Reading you comment as a gamer 😬😵😳

[@jae2493]

I say this just because there's a few people out there who think otherwise: Koreans wear masks not because they want to and it's their culture, it's to protect themselves from polluted air and infectious diseases. Protection, not culture. Edit: What I'm trying to say is Koreans wearing masks isn't some kind of pop culture going around. Yes, it's a culture of protection, for yourself and for others, but it's not like it's a pop culture trend. Besides wearing a mask can be uncomfortable bc it's hard to breathe and do stuff

[@eyeorear]

Pollution From China

[@_Pixie_10]

culture includes "social behavior and norms found in human society". So while you want to say its not their culture, by wearing masks to protect themselves and others is a learned societal expectation, which literally falls under the definition of culture.

[@seanbogan9364]

Having lived in Asia I often saw people wearing masks (there was no pandemic at the time). I remarked to an Asian friend "are they afraid they're going to catch something?" They answered "NO! they probably have a cold or a flu and don't want to spread it to others." That's pretty thoughtful and that kind of mentality simply doesn't exist in Western Society.

[@jae2493]

I think the western misconception regarding masks is that only sick people wear them. Masks can be worn in any type of situation; it's not just the sick who wear it

[@_Pixie_10]

@@jae2493Its not so much as a misconception as it is what our medical professional and scientist have researched and informed the public: masks are not effective at keeping a healthy person from getting sick, they are used to keep sick people from spreading it. The data from research backs this concept; however the issue people are now facing is that they can be spreading illness without knowing they are sick/don't show any symptoms (not just with SARS-COV-2).

[@fangwolf9209]

South Korea: We need to do something to fix this situation and do the most efficent thing in responce to this virus. Their Citizens: Ok, you're right, this is a little inconvient but its the right thing to do. America: Ok lets do something! ... I mean let's wait a little bit, but we're definitely going to shut down eventually. Citizens: Mixed reviews, mainly uneducated opinions, and still debating on if we should worry about the COVID-19.

[@sappph9363]

I mean, yeah but no. At first it was handled well, and contained, but one particular citizen, well I suppose you could say a cult, said whatever and had a meeting where tens of thousands of people met. and it's that 'women' who went to the hospital with a fever.

[@KCM1]

Dynamic and there’s still many people that think this virus is a hoax 😂

[@LeoSegredos]

@@hapikoala Do you really go around telling people to delete comments like these? Because obviously I'm joking but some people actually believe that stuff. What about them? Do you try to persuade them that their opinion is wrong? Because if you do, you surely are busy. I edited it anyway.

[@hapikoala]

@@LeoSegredos thank you

[@sweetdove7390]

hahahaha

[@littlemixmix6297]

South Korea really did a great job, but sadly other countries didn't learn from them.

[@Bae-oo7rf]

Taiwan also did a great job. bless their government

[@jrobinsonwebster]

little mixmix that’s 100% facts right there💯

[@cheshirster]

Koreans learned from USSR where this was made into a working system. There are countries in Eastern Europe who do contact tracing of covid too.

[@LEE-zd9es]

Especially, Japan still thinks they are better than Korea because their news is limited. They don' know and move much. I'm so sad as a Korean living in Japan. I wish they know the truth...

[@cheshirster]

@Nonnis _ Not all of them. And what is this changing in my statement?

[@moderndayjay9109]

I lived in Korea for 9 months serving at camp Casey back in 2016 when I tell you they are better than us in every conceivable way...I mean it

[@alfie2113]

They’re not

[@딘오스틴]

Thank you for your service. You and Americans sacrifices in 1950s made South Korea today.

[@oj0502]

Thank you for your service !

[@gardenflower6980]

We all Skoreans deeply appreciate all your service, helping us to become one of the best democratic countries in the world. And hope the alliance between us last for good.

[@narindra5822]

@@alfie2113 lol it's just like an American to say this with literally no evidence.

[@atusibhat1820]

And japan hasnt done anything for the people no measures nor lockdown

[@ihateallrace.soimnotracist550]

Why not? This is a pen!

[@gnsgml11]

I still can't believe there are governments out there saying wearing masks aren't helpful and washing hands is the best solution. DO BOTH. Such a common sense in Asian countries but Western countries have no clue or don't want their citizens to hoard all the masks

[@kailet1997]

The problem is ignorant people buy LOADS of masks, and soon the hospitals dont have enough products cuz of all the innecessary hoarding.

[@shs7009]

Masks can prevent the virus from infecting a healthy individual but simple cloth based masks can't keep the virus out. Unless of course you have an N 95 respirator. But since the same respirator is crucial for healthcare personnel, governements and WHO advise against wearing them.

[@James-cm1fh]

The main reason they advise just not wearing a mask is because doctors and nurses are literally dying because they don’t have enough masks. They are literally begging people to donate their masks because they are getting sick.

[@gnsgml11]

@@James-cm1fh yeah I know that is the reason but they say as if masks aren't helpful. Should have been mass producing masks since day 1

[@jkim76]

@@gnsgml11 exactly this. US and Canada finally recommend public to wear masks but there aren't any on shelf.

[@officerbeenadd]

Coronavirus: YOU CAN'T STOP ME *South Korea has entered the chat*

[@momsspaghetti1040]

*Coronavirus has left the chat*

[@sharan9936]

WBU north Korea

[@sharan9936]

@Yu Kay definitely Mine is largest democratic nation in the world.....

[@kilryelee7525]

@Edmund A No, Japan hasn't stopped it, the virus is very much still growing in Japan.

[@kilryelee7525]

@Edmund A Japan even has way more active cases compared to South Korea.

[@MightyElo]

I only hope that other countries can learn based on what your country did.

[@plasmanova6275]

That is near impossible due to moral dilemmas and different beliefs that can effect what a government does. Such as the health over privacy thing

[@moe2579]

Not in U.S. the government don’t learn from anything. Scientists says something and politicians look the other way. One day, U.S will have short war with itself.

[@jaybee4118]

It’s too late for most countries, they should have been doing this 2 months ago. Now the6 have tens, even hundreds of thousands of cases with many kore unknown because testing wasn’t widespread, and tens of thousands of deaths which aren’t going to stop any time soon. I’m just glad I’m in one of the few that took early action, New Zealand, but I wish other countries had taken action sooner. Apparently they were all to arrogant to believe it could happen there, they seem to think it can only happen in Asia.

[@lopez4708]

South Korea: Aggressive testing and contact tracing on CONFIRMED CASE as anonymous Other Countries: 🗣Human Rights are the most IMPORTANT🤢😱!! In quarantine n Lockdown😂😂😂

[@dreamlikee]

So funny =)

[@dodonono5484]

But freedom of movement and the right to be safe is also a huge part of human right.

[@arrow-crabwithacrowbar9547]

They don’t really understand enduring a bit of discomfort will actually solve this crisis much faster. They need to understand that protesting freedom won’t make their “Regular” freedom come back faster. But, something that I can’t relate, can’t more people at least have some concern for others and wear a mask? I know many don’t have access, but some just choose not to. Protecting themselves will also protect others, preventing the spread and possible deaths with a slight discomfort.

[@xodanny2955]

exactly. people dont realize that taking these extreme measures and even invading privacy to an extent is called sacrifice to get those human rights back as soon as possible . ITS CALLED WORKING TOGETHER.

[@JeusAlprime108]

I think your Other Countries refer to U.S. specifically based on their unreasonable protest recently.

[@jesussaves6671]

I think south Koreans are disciplined and sound minded. Their leaders are responsible and caring for their people. May God heal the land completely

[@jamesyoo5529]

People are very demanding It's real democracy country

[@jesussaves6671]

@@jamesyoo5529 I think the SK people know when to demand their democratic rights and when to stand together to fight their common enemy. I also believe there are people who pray really strong

[@김근형-v9n]

@@jesussaves6671 There is a joke that the hardest job is being the president in South Korea 😆 Most of former presidents have died soon or gone to jail

[@Fenrir214]

​ 김근형 Or coup d'etated out or resigned/kicked out

[@bruhlollmao560]

James Yoo ill mention philippines to that.

[@bluegem8964]

South Korea is definitely on top of their game! They aren't afraid to take the extra risks when initiating new ideas and rules

[@cjpeep]

@Joe Maleski what the corona Japanese

[@CookiesUnleashed]

my friends made fun of me for skipping some classes back in early march saying "its just a flu". Well I'm in NY so you know how right I was in staying off the subway.

[@Normal_Boii]

Taiwan is on top as well, shame on the WHO though for not aknowledging their existence

[@danieldologan2818]

Most asian countries take action at a similar to level to South Korea

[@vdvehe4044]

@@danieldologan2818 different approach tho. China and vietnam went on lock down. Tawian shut down borders from china. Korea didnt do any of those

[@godkingmaximus2710]

A true first world country

[@Miquelalalaa]

Once again, more evidence that an intelligent people can thrive in a nationalist and homogenous society and achieve exceptional results. 👍👍👍

[@jrobinsonwebster]

godkingmaximusII that’s 100% facts right there bro💯💪🏾👍🏾

[@JohnMark-yh4br]

Developed country! Not first world since we are not in cold war era anymore.

[@bluewonder3191]

@@Miquelalalaa Bro, it is easier to thrive in a homogeneous society. I would be surprised if they were disadvantaged instead.

[@Seunggg12]

@@user-hs6uw9lr2v 계란말이님 안녕하세요.국뽕에 취합니다

[@busyhoneybee4517]

Difference between Korea and Taiwan is whether soaring curve is flattened down or not. Taiwan wisely blocked border and there are no abrupt soaring curve, the result is success so far. Korea keep open their border and flattened soaring curve down. Both countries did their good job respectively. For many countries with soaring curve, Korea is a good model though.

[@conniehuhson1715]

busyhoney bee stay safe and I wish I could visit Taiwan after this is over 🇹🇼💕🇰🇷

[@glorykim8899]

Taiwan did a very good job👍👍

[@simsgazytech2013]

Both are the best handling covid-19.

[@natenate88]

Shutting borders can actually hurt in the long run . While Korea has not blocked their border and have curved the virus with people still moving about leads to herd immunity. If taiwan was to get another outbreak the population wont have the immunity to fight it off.

[@ihateallrace.soimnotracist550]

Suddenly?? Taiwan??

[@urtechaltaccount6509]

South Korea: smart Other countries: *that wasn’t very cash money of you*

[@1Deejay7]

Other countries just printing money to keep up. Hyper inflation incoming

[@thitran1362]

You forget that Vietnam act alot quicker than South Korea and we don't get the attention...... We act way before Korea and now only has 200 cases and no deaths.

[@_half]

Great Depression: the reckoning

[@TheDonner000]

@@thitran1362 Yeah, here here. I'm South Korean. I'm just glad some countries are trying our ways, and seeing it worked. Although I don't exactly think its good to call it 'our way'(its really a no brainer solution to contain an outbreak). Only if the world actually listened and prepared. I like to think 'Who's laughing now?' But that's mean so I'm currently in conflict if I should think so. Anyways, my point is that people should try their best to find a solution for our current world crisis. I must say though, that some people who should try aren't trying that hard right now.

[@tooltalk]

@@TheDonner000 : let's not get too cocky. South Korea was lucky in that a less infectious coronavirus MERS happened only 5 years ago (still vivid in most Korean's memory) and had SK prepared for the next crisis. South Korea's public health system was not ready for the MERS outbreak and literally paralyzed some parts of the country for a few months that it lasted.

[@Kronksterpher]

Basically, they have a real government

[@jamesyoo5529]

Also people are well educated

[@joonlee0001]

it is a communism gov. they are too sided to the left wing

[@leoeck752]

This can be very dangerous tho

[@jrobinsonwebster]

Joon Lee that’s North Korea

[@Miquelalalaa]

A true nationalist government. Multiculturalism has caused such unforgivable chaos and disorder. It makes me so angry.

[@JasonVonHolmes]

I'm in S. Korea in quarantine at the moment and S. Korea is doing a good job.

[@kfx3907]

Hope you safe while in Korea.

[@JasonVonHolmes]

@@ryanlee6513 huh? I didn't think my comment was sad.

[@JasonVonHolmes]

@@kfx3907 thanks! We are safe.

[@Emperor90201]

@@JasonVonHolmes How come you are in quarantine? I thought south korea opened up?

[@ymhktravel]

@@Emperor90201 Residents who returned to S Korea whether foreigners or citizens have to be quarantined for 2 weeks. This is the same in most east asian countries (HK, Taiwan, Singapore eg). In S'pore case, foreign residents who choose to still travel during such times may not even be allowed to return because basically all foreign travellers are barred from entry. As for locals, if they contract the virus, they will have to foot 100% of the medical and hospitalisation bills with no govt subsidy.

[@amiralsaidi5064]

New York needs this terribly, the city alone has more cases than any other COUNTRY in the world

[@mahaloaloha6819]

Surprisingly the city, Daegu, where mega infection in Korea marked 0 infection yesterday. South Korea had 27 infection yesterday and most of them are from from overseas.

[@iron-lol3018]

Yes because korea is asia

[@jenb5792]

Can every country please learn to do this? South Korea is an amazing example on how to flatten the curve

[@andrewcapw5691]

Jen B check out which country started this strategy

[@jenb5792]

Andrew BigW link? I don’t necessarily trust google

[@siccdogg7802]

Jen B then ask yahoo

[@jenb5792]

sicc dogg good joke so funny

[@Miquelalalaa]

Jen B Many countries could have achieved this result if they never embraced multiculturalism and diversity. South Korea demonstrates that when an intelligent people with an exceptional culture are allowed to thrive in a homogenous society under a nationalist government then they can overcome anything.

[@realzia2]

Wow, good job South Korea! Remember, having a high number of confirmed cases isn’t necessarily bad, it just means that the country is very good at detecting cases and are not hiding any info from the public 🙄

[@grootgroot2304]

@Edmund Awhat do you mean japan did better job? They got small case numbers because they rarely performed the tests on their citizens. Thanks to that, their numbers skyrocketed recently and more will come just like USA.

[@jeayounhyun6786]

@Edmund A They didn't test it because they didn't want to cancel the Olympic. And after they postponed the Olympic, coronavirus cases are increasing very quickly.

[@yangaus7149]

Japan did better with no privacy issue but at the same time it shows on the map, how come? 🤔

[@jeayounhyun6786]

@@yangaus7149 Ha? What did they do? Not testing and pretend there is no coronavirus in Japan?

[@yangaus7149]

@@jeayounhyun6786 well i still waiting for the answer of my question 🤔

[@youngjunyoon1]

자만하지말고,,,,,,젊은이들 조금더 자제하고 조심합시다,,,,,,,나 자신과 가족, 우리 공동체를 위해서,,,,,

[@yu000094]

주모 아직 샤따 닫지 말고 있어봐

[@zackiechan2601]

Yes, I agree.

[@atruise3164]

빵댕이 한번 비벼보겠다고 클럽가는 애들 보면 오함마로 대가리 깨버리고 싶음 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@맨두콘]

Atruise 머리에 자지달림

[@john_joo_yohan]

넵

[@AcidDaBomb]

As someone living in Korea, this video makes me super proud. Korea acted fast, and effectively. And we never totally shut down.

[@TonyTalluri944]

Great people and country. I'm honored to have a friend and consider him like a son there God bless him and protect all of them.

[@dhldls1396]

Sounds like an honourable man! I hope you all stay home & safe!

[@kunal_k_]

👏🏻

[@tonytins]

South Korea: test and contact tracing. US: hospital ships!

[@fraudulentfem7322]

One hospital ship has a greater hospital bed capacity than entire cities do. In New york city where hospitals are overwhelmed, it's a prudent idea.

[@RyanTaylor2000]

Hospital ship is more visible and gimmicky than more tests and contact tracing. After all, it’s THE united states anyway, they want other countries to see them(stupidly) as the greatest in everything.

[@lsh7098]

@@RyanTaylor2000 most Asian countries learnt pain lessons before from SARS/MERS....America has not, and this sadly the reason why the US' outbreak is very big. But after this even the most stubborn ppl will be careful next time...(hopefully sigh) But they have HOSPITAL SHIPPPPPP REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@tonytins]

@@fraudulentfem7322 testing and contact tracing can prevent overloading the hospitals.

[@Potato-qv6hq]

@Heathen S and that's a problem....how?

[@Vox]

The US is now looking to replicate South Korea's success with contact tracing. Apple and Google have joined forces to build a tool to turn your phone into a Covid-tracking machine. Read more: bit.ly/3etad3B

[@squishysquidyzr8625]

wow only 5 likes... vox wont respond

[@TheVideoman22]

Daegu just had its first day of 0 new infections since this started today.

[@daniel-hv4qy]

Ayy congrats man

[@pipoy1141]

South Korea: Aggressive testing and contact tracing Other Countries: I have my privacy rights 🤦‍♂️

[@lightningmcseed7303]

Funny you say that Mr. John Doe who lives on 27 Coniferous Drive in Amarillo, Oklahoma.

[@Miquelalalaa]

Sicnarf Anilom Unfortunately we cant trust the government in our countries. In South Korea they have that privilege since they live in a homogenous society with a nationalist government. I don’t want to relinquish my entire existence to a government that has no care for my people and culture and wants to replace me; all the while silencing dissent towards their egregious actions.

[@Fenrir214]

US: ok we respect ur privacy but we're gonna tap into everything that you have to check if your not a terrorist.

[@lightningmcseed7303]

Passport Licesnse Id All of this stuff is already government made

[@pipoy1141]

@@lightningmcseed7303 I'm in UAE and I got this message on my phone saying the network is monitored oh yeah violation for curfew timings here is pretty steep 15k usd

[@RudieObias]

South Korea: We have thousands of testing kits and they're in hospitals all around the country. The US: Ummm... You're on your own. Good luck!

[@marlonyo]

Let's not pass any bill that might help unless it has my social justice

[@Den-su1em]

@@shadowraphael9714 are you sure that's not from China? every country all over the world try to import test kits from South Korea and they have almost 100% accuracy.

[@haniffmalek103]

Byunghun Kim yes. Agree with Shadow Raphael. Korea test kit just 56%. But still better than china 33% accurate. So some country depends on the lab test. And not the kit. Although there are different kit also from korea can get 80% accuracy.

[@bluehotdog2610]

And you can blame the US government on that.

[@Den-su1em]

@@haniffmalek103 do you think FDA would approve the kit has only 80% accuracy? and what do you mean some country depends on the lab test. all swab samples have to go to the lab of course. it's not like a pregnancy test you can see the result right away

[@clickbait7396]

Good Job, Korea. The Rest Of The World Can Learn From You In these Trying times.

[@nakamurabrian2144]

Why lots of people force VOX to praise Taiwn and make video about it. There are big differences between S. Korea and Taiwan. Taiwan just shut down the border as soon as the virus broke out, which is not the good way to follow. S.Korea still hasn't banned any country including China from entering. Also, SK never lockdowns the city nor the whole country. Those points are the big difference between SK and other counties like Taiwan. imo.

[@Ppoddo_professor]

Nakamura brian oh I didn't know that

[@meetcharubala]

But results r same so....both country should be praised....s.k learned from their past...not every country was prepared.

[@QMJUN]

But the cost is quite different... massive test and tracing cost millions of dollars. However, Shutting down the border in early time is cheap and easy. I’m not saying it is correct but it is efficient. That’s why many of Korean people think we should have locked down any air planes or ships from china.

[@kazu80089]

Taiwan got 6 casualties vs 211 from Korea. Isn't the lives of people worth the travel ban?

[@Viewable11]

Taiwan's solution is much better than South Korea's because Taiwan simply prevented the virus from entering their country by closing the border on the first notice of the outbreak in China. That's much cheaper and less intrusive to the personal sphere of citizens than what South Korea does. If a country missed the point in time to close borders early enough, the South Korean solution is the cheapest remaining option.

[@mavisseafoam]

Instead of waiting for people,to go to the hospitals, they went to those people.

[@primadonna82]

Exactly. Yet in America, we beg for testing but still can't get tested.

[@sl0907]

Esther Song not to mention the public interest is not as unified as Korea. You still have brain dead and ignorant people gathering in large numbers. The people are also somewhat guilty; blames the government when they shut everything down, but “oh no, there’s no way we can miss spring break.”

[@stup1db4nana]

@@sl0907 every country have their fair share of brainlets including us south korea

[@obidean3964]

They counter the pandemic in the most 21st century approach I've ever seen, kudos Korean ...

[@fredokruger6042]

Also their citizens are amazing.

[@Harry-om5lm]

Don’t forget Taiwan, they were right on top of it when it hit there

[@Miquelalalaa]

Madafaka Jones Those are the fruits of nationalism, homogeneity, national intelligence, and an the exceptional culture.

[@nathanh3316]

#1 trending incoming! People need to see this, My dad still believes it's a hoax. 🤦

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Lol your dad... 😂😂😂

[@existentialreader5323]

Dude a whole bunch of my neighbors too

[@trunghoanginh3505]

Leave your dad ,isn't that easy?

[@heartcomedy5]

nathan head, yes dude

[@gabrielchanel4448]

Rip u might get infected too

[@internetpeople6113]

In a pandemic, speed is everything. South Korea was the hare on a rocket hoverboard where the USA was the turtle on quaalude.

[@JConestar]

Absolutely agree.

[@vincenthychow1119]

The USA in fact acted quick. They quickly banned travel from China, and quickly sat back to wait for a big show. When the virus arrived at their country, they quickly blamed whoever, first Europe, then China, then WHO, then governors, Democrats....

[@fatimazahrah3995]

@@vincenthychow1119 yup, they acted quickly in stupidity

[@xcf5587]

Breeze Incognito and the uk came out with a car that had failed its mot

[@shyak01]

US doesn't need tests, because it will be like a miracle... the virus will just disappear... like a miracle...

[@pp-wp9kg]

Um ... I'm a Korean who came by accident, but I know that medical staff from all over the world are working hard now ... Italy's patient decline is encouraging, and also other countries will soon get better. I hope everyone treats medical staff from all countries as heroes. They are greater than politicians or masks. And let's all be healthy soon. Love from Korea

[@echo2893]

This was a great post, thank you.

[@howieie2081]

The best positive comment I've seen so far! 👏👏

[@lilaclizard4504]

hospital cleaners, supermarket staff, bus drivers & all the other people keeping our society running too! This virus is teaching us all who the real everyday heroes in our society are :) & thank you for posting such a nice post :)

[@snooze6499]

Corona virus: *traveling all around the world* Korea: YOU CHOSE THE WRONG COUNTRY

[@Ppoddo_professor]

앤티크_Anntik 😂😂😂😂😂

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

South Korea is sutch an amazing country, lots of love from the Netherlands ❤️🇰🇷

[@hj8226]

Thank you! I love Netherlands! from South Korea

[@Miquelalalaa]

South Korea demonstrates that nationalism and homogeneity in a nation of intelligent and exceptional people provides great benefits. I hope the Netherlands will one day too reject the multicultural dogma. Dutch people are truly among the worlds best; they have developed systems, ideas and methods that have allowed for positive transformations. You will once again thrive if you embrace homogeneity and nationalism.

[@JConestar]

@@Miquelalalaa Wrong. South Korea has been very open minded to other cultures, and has been further strengthening their culture with diversity.

[@Neyobe]

Hi

[@Miquelalalaa]

@@JConestar Diversity does not strengthen culture. It's true that we can learn from other cultures, but allowing cultures with fundamentally different practices and mindsets has harmful effects on society, and many of these cultures are objectively worse. Truth is that Korea is and will remain for the Koreans.

[@LashanR]

"Now countries like the UK are starting to implement aggressive testing" *laughs/cries in London*

[@Miquelalalaa]

The reason why South Korea has achieved such an admirable process and result is because it is a society where an intelligent and exceptional people are allowed to thrive in a homogenous environment under a nationalist government. They are a very cohesive society with high levels of trust and an outlook that considers the group. In the U.K. we have multiculturalism; which has hampered our response efforts severely.

[@kinganarkzie]

@@Miquelalalaa the reason we are failing in the UK is because we have allowed our politics to be dominated by xenophobia. As only the most incompetent mp's supported these ideals we have now found ourselves stuck with Boris a man who has no leadership skills. When the S. Korean government was calling for testing, Mr "let's get Brexit done" Johnson was extolling the benefits of relying on herd immunity.

[@andrewwilkins923]

The UK efort is failing due to an inflexible ministry of health. Public health England recently increased its testing from 10 labs to 44(34 nhs labs were added), no other private or university reserch labs are being used to test for covid-19. My suspicion is that the goverment will atribute some blame to public health england/(nhs labs) in the future and put them up for tender to the private sector.

[@djedd23]

Bede lol it’s nothing to do with that. You think Singapore is not multicultural ? Or Hong Kong ? Other multicultural countries in Europe handled it far better you tool. It’s mostly just science and efficient government institutions. Hate it when people bring in their political ideology to everything.

[@Miquelalalaa]

@@kinganarkzie In fact, Johnson has previously suggested amnesty for illegal migrants, has implied we replace EU migrants with Africans, and has made no mention of reducing immigration. The statement that our politics is dominated by xenophobia is absurd. In reality, people of your political persuasion jump the gun every time anyone dares to criticise the sacred cow of mass immigration, you use hyperbole and declare that not a single one of these people should ever be allowed a platform. The East Asian mentality is far more xenophobic. Wise up.

[@dawgblanky4818]

Im Korean, and this thing is pretty accurate. the lady in the yellow jacket is legend. Be safe guys, drink more water, wash your hands, wear mask. Hope your family is safe with you.

[@sooncheolyoon759]

@@junwoo8866 I think he was referring to Jung Eunkyeong , head of Korean Center for disease control and prevention.

[@junwoo8866]

Sooncheol Yoon oh my bad

[@dawgblanky4818]

@@sooncheolyoon759 yeah that's her

[@brianj1601]

@@leehj5029 신천지는 그냥종교일뿐 한국의 전염병에 대한 대처에 관한 영상인데 다룰리가없음

[@videoshare3365]

Luckily, you live in South Korea.

[@Raborat]

south korea: follow what i did other countries: suddenly i cant see & hear

[@daneher5343]

I got COVID- 19 test (for free) two weeks ago in s. korea, and the result came back a day after (negative!), they picked me up by ambulance, they were extremely cautious, warm but prompt I was amazed at how neat was the quarantine process, so I got a really great feeling of security! they provide any necessities or hygiene items for the people under quarantine, They even asked me if I need a house to stay during self isolation :-)

[@melmay6464]

Why would they take you away? You said your results were (negative)

[@vbrookie]

Mel May She may had recently entered S. Korea or had contacts with person who had Coronavirus. If that’s the case, 14 days of self quarantine is mandatory.

[@melmay6464]

@@vbrookie oh gotcha that makes sense.thanks! 😊

[@daneher5343]

thank u for clarification!:-)

[@Ppoddo_professor]

Omg..

[@worldforce7857]

I know that more than 130 countries want South Korea test kits.

[@jrobinsonwebster]

Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein that’s 100% facts right there bro💯

[@kyupified2440]

Yea, in my country i think its more trusting than china made. Our country also made cheaper test kits and are starting mass testing in the philippines

[@Neverland20202]

Because 70% of Chinese test kits malfunction..

[@GaegolMaster]

It is mobilizing around the clock to produce diagnostic kits to supply to the world. This increases production costs, but we are trying to provide them at a reasonable price as possible. Nevertheless, some countries criticize that the Korean government intentionally does not give it to them. Some countries have requested it first, and there are certain circumstances in which they make deals to bring back the isolated Koreans. However, it does so only for the portion of the government's stockpile of domestic inspections for domestic use. Currently, South Korea uses the spare portion of pre-orders to companies for inter-governmental transactions as the number of inspections is reduced. The rest are being sold without restrictions in the order of the country and quantity requested. It is the only exception for the South Korean government to intervene in production. It is about free aid. The South Korean government is making separate priority purchases for free aid from some countries.

[@Neverland20202]

@Crom nobody built system like korea

[@phantasmicnico7645]

Its so surprising to watch a major democratic nation like South Korea take action for the greater good of its citizens that its sad for us here in the oligarchic west

[@autokrator_]

Tbf South Korea is pretty much an oligarchy as well. It’s still being run by the chaebols.

[@thedriverisliterallyme5331]

I dont know how involuntarily tracking peoples phones is democratic...

[@jkim76]

@@thedriverisliterallyme5331 Wrong. The installation of the app is completely voluntary unless you are a visitor.

[@alfie2113]

It’s a capitalist country 😊

[@Miquelalalaa]

Saint Nicolas The main problem in the West is devotion to diversity and multiculturalism. South Korea is indicative of how nationalism and homogeneity are forces for good.

[@yumemin1027]

이렇게 31번 확진자는 전세계적으로 유명인이 되어 가는 중....

[@무언가를모음]

ㅇㅈ,,,(워스트)레전드 써리원,,,,

[@굥매기]

베스킨라벤스...써리원....

[@tmvkrjf]

yume. min ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@pjhij0926]

이번에 신천지급으로 터진 이태원사건 주인공 게이씨도 유명해질듯ㅋ 그 두명만없엇어도 지금 3첨명도안될거같은데 총확진자가

[@Yeokbo]

@@pjhij0926 그 사람들이 원인이 아니라 이미 그 동네 클럽에 깔려있었을 가능성이 더 크다고 하더만.

[@runitchicago323]

This makes me so angry and disappointed in my country.

[@nativepro1523]

Run ItChicago RIP

[@user-jg3qh2cq7e]

Not your country bro your president

[@sterben4958]

DNA RNA it’s more than just a presidents fault

[@nuance6631]

South Korea: Is a role model for other countries to follow suit Other countries: *I’ll ignore that*

[@worldforce7857]

No. Currently, Germany is following the Korean model. Some countries ...

[@weerwetweer6041]

It's not possible for all countries to track a citizen's every movement. Especially when they big.

[@urtechaltaccount6509]

Copycat

[@Zekrom569]

Well, there are difficulties for the western world, because people will not just give up their privacy so easily, even if it is everyones best interest(because this way an extensive lockdown can be avoided)

[@fgsaramago]

@@weerwetweer6041 not possible of you're in a decent country that respects your privacy. It's frightening stuff

[@sunj8346]

This is a big lesson for current governments to be a reference.

[@kjohn0347]

South Korea is a VERY small country with one race...korean

[@DJCompl3x1]

@@kjohn0347 your point?

[@Alexander.Kravchenko]

​@@kjohn0347 Is 50M ppl a small country?!

[@Ogden1234]

Kjohn034 They have a population of 51 million, and their race has nothing to do with it...