Government’s Add Home Treatments Feared to Have Caused Record COVID Spread in South Korea
According to experts the COVID spread is likely going to get much worse before it gets better in South Korea:
The government’s COVID-19 quarantine measure of home treatment for non-critical patients is feared to have increased infections among family members as well as the number of serious cases, health experts said Wednesday.
Korea Times
This concern was raised as the country’s daily new number of coronavirus cases soared to a record high of 7,175 for Tuesday, a sharp rise of 2,221 from the previous day, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Health experts are now saying the number of daily infections could reach 10,000 in a few weeks.
The number of critically ill patients also hit an all-time high of 840.
Along with the high numbers, the government’s policy of expanding home treatment for COVID-19 patients ― a measure to counter a shortage of hospital beds ― has fueled concerns because a patient’s family members have to stay at home under self-quarantine and may contract the virus.
In Seoul alone, more than 8,800 people were under home treatment as of Tuesday.
The experts warned that at-home treatment could lead to secondary infections among the patient’s family members and thus further fuel the increasing trend in cases here.
You can read more at the link, but this at home treatment policy may help explain why Japan has such a significantly lower COVID spread than nearby South Korea.
840 “critical cases” out of over 51,700,000. That’s roughly 0.0016 percent of the population.
How many are under 80 with no comorbidity like Obesity, Diabetes, Heart issues, Lung issues, End-Stage Renal Failure, or Stage 4 cancer (to name just a few)?
Instead of punishing everyone, why doesn’t the government just defend those most likely to need protection?
Because it looks like the ROK Government wants to make South Koreans as fearful and controlled as the Kims have made North Koreans.
I’m convinced a lot of people (not just Koreans) want to be serfs, to avoid needing to exercise personal responsibility.
https://historyofyesterday.com/the-dark-side-of-korean-history-1e638ac5cd81
Total number of COVID deaths in South Korea = 4000.
Total number of COVID deaths in America = 1,000,000
And here’s another fact. Up to only very recently, most South Koreans who were found positive for COVID, were treated in publicly run facilities. COVID ill patients were treated freely.
Compare that to America. Where most of the COVID positives were ordered to quarantine themselves at their homes, at a time when many many Americans can’t even afford to go to a hospital that would charge them an outrageous amount of money.
So look in the mirror, ROKDROP people, before you criticize the Moon government.