South Korea Records Record High Daily COVID Case Count
South Korea’s new “Living with COVID” strategy is now being fully put to the test as daily cases have reached a record high:
South Korea’s new coronavirus cases hit an all-time high on Thursday since the start of the pandemic amid eased social distancing rules, putting health authorities on alert over further upticks.
The country reported a record high of 3,292 new daily cases, including 3,272 local infections, raising the total caseload to 406,065, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
Thursday’s daily caseload marks the highest since the country reported its first COVID-19 case in January last year and exceeds the previous record of 3,270 reported on Sept. 25.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but what is unusual about the spread of the virus in South Korea is that nearby Japan is experiencing near disappearance of the virus with a seven day average of only 163 daily COVID cases as of today despite having a population more than double that of South Korea.
There is nothing unusual about the spread when the noose is loosened after 85% of the population has received vaccinations. The vaccines do not prevent infections of COVID. They do however lessen the chance of mild sickness turning into a serious situation requiring intensive care units.
Sure, if you really want to believe the laughable fairy tale theory that only the Japanese are immune when the rest of the world is going through masses of breakthrough infections despite heavy vaccinations. You should at least consider that only 5000 PCR tests are conducted in Tokyo daily, where the citizens are required to pay $200 to $500 for a PCR test in a deliberate attempt of manipulating the true figures.
Japan has been conservative about PCR tests, unlike South Korea which has been religiously fanatical to the point that going to the test center to have your nose poked with a cotton swab is a daily part of life.
They are free and easily accesible to boot with the exception of those going overseas since there is little information in regards to a testing center near you that gives out English certificates and they charge USD100 ~ 150 per test.
When this pandemic began, there was little thought when it came to PCR tests. But that was before South Korea started a massive testing and tracing campaign, backed up by mass production of PCR test kits and Moon and his leftist supporters, sensing a nationalistic opportunity, decided to hold this up to the world as a model of “K-quarantine” and controling the spread of COVID-19. They also gave out PCR test kits to other countries as part of their efforts to promote “K-quarantine”.
Before long the Korean model was being help up around the world, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this influenced decisions in regards to testing regimes.
Anyways, the Korean style testing regime, IMO, has gone ridicuosly overboard and maybe it is time to think of a more optimal way to carry out tests. For example, if one is sick with suspected symptoms, yes sure, get tested, because you will need to know for sure to get timely treatment.
But if one doesn’t show any symptoms, there is no need for tests. Resoruces and manpower will probably be wasted testing a person who may not have the virus, and all the testing and contact tracing at the end of the day won’t stop the virus.
The focus ought to be on mortality, and while global mortality for COVID has been low (what, around 2% max?), South Korea’s is, I think, among the lowest (a fraction of a percent), so authorities need to relax. If death rates were suddenly to spike, then that would be a problem.
Korea’s mortality is low because:
1. It’s not full of big fat diabetic living-on-Coke fat fùcks.
2. They aren’t lying about their numbers.
Everyone wants to credit the restrictions and testing and tracing. Maybe. Or maybe it is all theater.
More people have died getting hit by a car than from covid. Fear of covid is a mental illness.
Every time someone on the flight crew tests positive (airlines) they have to ground and quarantine the whole crew. My spouse is sitting out another quarantine now because a flight attendant showed up positive. It’s the third time. They’ll have to do something different…although it is great because he gets paid, the companies will go broke.
Why would they go broke?
That’s what bailouts are for!
who cares….announce daily traffic deaths. Ban all cars, out of the abundance of caution…
“Think of the children!”