South Korea COVID Daily and Critical Cases Surge to Record Highs

South Korea’s surge in COVID cases just continues to get worse:

People wait in line outside a coronavirus testing center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Dec. 8, 2021. (Yonhap)

 South Korea’s new coronavirus cases hit an all-time high on Wednesday as infections continued to surge around the country amid waning immunity and colder weather.

The country confirmed 7,175 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total caseload to 489,484, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). 

The daily tally was up by 2,221 from a day earlier, the biggest daily jump since the pandemic began early last year. The previous record of 5,352 was set on Saturday. The average daily infection cases were 5,012 for the seven days ending Tuesday.

Infections were rising especially among older adults who suffer a drop in vaccine efficacy and children who have yet to receive their first shots, according to the KDCA. 

The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients also jumped to a record high of 840, up 66 from a day ago, putting further strain on the country’s already overwhelmed health care system. More than 83 percent of them were aged over 60.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but with waning efficacy of vaccine shots it makes me wonder if the Moon administration will eventually require booster shots in order to enter certain businesses?

By the way something that continues to be very unusual is how in Japan, just a short distance away the seven day daily COVID case average is 107 in a country with well over double to population of the ROK.

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ChickenHead
ChickenHead
4 years ago

“Infections were rising especially among older adults who suffer a drop in vaccine efficacy”

…and there went the Pandemic of the Unvaccinated myth.

Those who have not yet gotten the vaccine will require the next level of coercion to peel off a few. No social life for you.

As for those who have gotten both doses of the vaccine just a few months ago, there is a “drop in vaccine efficacy”… and, for that, we have a booster.

Aktually… no… we have the Third Shot.

Yes, President Moon has stated a full vaccination is all three shots. The vaccine passport expires after 5 months followed by a one-month grace period which allows you to get your third shot.

Now some of you, who are not retards, are wondering if that third shot lasts forever or if, just maybe, in six more months, you will need your Forth Shot.

There have always been four shots.

You are probably on the right track.

Vaccine as a subscription.

The vaxtards will get their 3rd, 4th, 5th… who knows. Public acceptance will be quite clear by measuring the slope of the Vaccines Injected curve.

I have been right on every prediction.

Primarily because that’s just the way things work.

Want another prediction?

Some of those theoretical side effects are going to turn out not just theoretical.

Heart problems will be the first. How do we know? Because the media is already flooding the propaganda…

Cold Weather Brings Heart Attacks

Heart Attacks Affect Kids Too

Covid Stress Syndrome Leads to Increase in Heart Problems

They made up a syndrome to explain the increase in heart-related problems hospitals are seeing.

In fact, it appears some people, such as doctors, want to scream the truth but don’t want to get canceled.

So, they say what is happening but blame something ridiculous. The vaxtards think he is on their side. So do the skeptics.

And now Korea has joined the stupid and the government has gone to war against its own people.

Let’s see where this goes.

Korean Man
Korean Man
4 years ago

By the way something that continues to be very unusual is how in Japan, just a short distance away the seven day daily COVID case average is 107 in a country with well over double to population of the ROK.

Yes very strange, considering all throughout the rest of the normal world, COVID cases are exploding despite all the vaccinations.
And all this happened within one month of the end of the Olympics when over 20,000 cases were reported in Japan. Then as soon as the new Japanese PM is elected, the caseload is 107 with no COVID deaths – all this in a matter of a month – what a miracle of miracles where Japan along with China and North Korea, is supposedly COVID-free! LOL. So what pill did you swallow ROK Drop? I didn’t see any praising of the Moon administration, from you regarding South Korea’s COVID deaths for the last two years is 4000, versus 1,000,000 in United States, and 19,000 “admitted” COVID deaths in Japan.

Last edited 4 years ago by Korean Man
Flyingsword
Flyingsword
4 years ago

Fear porn ramping up…..again.

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
4 years ago

Japan uses IVERMECTIN!!!!!!

Korean Man
Korean Man
4 years ago

From the Economist: Ivermectin may help covid-19 patients—but only those with worms
I’m not surprised at the ignorance of right-wing idiots whether they be from America or Japan.

Last edited 4 years ago by Korean Man
setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

There is a lot of talk about cases, not often differentiating between asymptomatic, symptomatic, hospitalizations, and deaths. And almost never detailing any relevant comorbidities involved. I think that’s part of why many people think it’s a scam, aside from Saint Smirky McTrollface lying and not following his own directives.

But The Economist is a valid source of medical science? That must be a new feature. Is it peer-reviewed by actual licensed medical doctors with current clinical experience in the US?

OTOH, I fully agree with the concept. Those who love the vaccine should get ready for a 3-month subscription and avoid any other medicines.

It’s the only way to be sure.

setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

BTW, even the NY Times thinks the way PCR tests are run is nonsense (or at least they did while Trump was President):
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html

YMMV.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
4 years ago

Korea Man, I encourage you to make whatever private medical decisions you wish.

I fully support vaccines and unlimited boosters for those who want them.

In return, I ask only to be left alone if I choose a treatment of fishtank cleaner and horse paste.

This is a very easy solution to a problem that had no need to exist.

Now, run along.

setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

I encourage everyone who wants everyone to be forced to be vaccinated to be fully vaccinated and up-to-date on all booster shots.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/12/vaers_data_indicates_the_covid_vaccines_have_killed_at_least_140000_americans.html

If we use the underreporting factor of 100 (one hundred) advocated by David A. Kessler, Ronald Kostoff and the Department of Health and Human Services we would arrive at the figure of 390,600 deaths attributable to the vaccines.

It is quite probable that these figures are closer to the actual vaccine death toll than the one we obtained based on our cautious assumptions.

Be that as it may, we can say with a considerable degree of confidence that based on the VAERS figures, it is very likely that the Covid vaccines have killed or directly contributed to the deaths of at least 140,000 Americans.

To give us a sense of perspective, in less than 12 months more than twice as many Americans perished by vaccines than lost their lives during the whole of the Vietnam war.

By claiming the lives of so many people in such a short time, the Covid vaccines are the deadliest pharmaceuticals ever released into wide circulation.

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