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Covid Thread from Seoul: What ROK got right. What we got wrong. Why there is NO EXCUSE for Trump’s catastrophic failure to respond to COVID.
Just spent five days in ROK for work. I was STUNNED by the contrast with USA. Everything is open. Schools. Restaurants. Stores. Offices.
Just spent five days in ROK for work. I was STUNNED by the contrast with USA. Everything is open. Schools. Restaurants. Stores. Offices.
HOW have they done it?
It begins with having an actual government that CARES about the health — physical, and economic — of its citizens. Trump KNEW we faced a deadly virus, but he cared ONLY about himself and his re-election. He LIED to us. Repeatedly. And is still lying today.
It begins with having an actual government that CARES about the health — physical, and economic — of its citizens. Trump KNEW we faced a deadly virus, but he cared ONLY about himself and his re-election. He LIED to us. Repeatedly. And is still lying today.
If Trump’s lying was not bad enough, he ALSO forced his government to lie — suppressing health experts when they tried to warn us, undercutting their advice on testing, tracing, & masks, touting bogus miracle cures, and putting another incompetent, his @VP in charge of response.
So what should Trump have been doing? I mean, it’s a global pandemic, right? So probably we were just doomed to have 225,000 dead...so far...right?
NO! There was NOTHING inevitable about the horrific loss of life and the immeasurable economic carnage. How do I know this?
NO! There was NOTHING inevitable about the horrific loss of life and the immeasurable economic carnage. How do I know this?
After all, I am not a doctor. (Although I do claim Dr. Mark McClellan a friend for 45 years, and he’s a framing genius and one of the greatest public health specialists in the nation).
No, I am no COVID expert. But I have eyes/ears, and have witnessed Seoul. Let me tell you...
No, I am no COVID expert. But I have eyes/ears, and have witnessed Seoul. Let me tell you...
...about Seoul.
First: their govt took COVID seriously from Day One. (Their day one and our day one are same, by the way...).
So they cranked up testing, tracing, PPE, mask wearing, and vaccine research. Results?
Total deaths: 457!
(You read that right. We had 900+ YESTERDAY!)
First: their govt took COVID seriously from Day One. (Their day one and our day one are same, by the way...).
So they cranked up testing, tracing, PPE, mask wearing, and vaccine research. Results?
Total deaths: 457!
(You read that right. We had 900+ YESTERDAY!)
TOTAL COVID cases in South Korea?
26,000!!
We had 80,000+ cases YESTERDAY!
What do you see in Seoul?
EVERYONE wears a mask.
E-V-E-R-Y O-N-E
Hand sanitizer is EVERYWHERE. I mean literally, everywhere. EVERY store. Every office. Every home.
Temperature checks?
Yup.
26,000!!
We had 80,000+ cases YESTERDAY!
What do you see in Seoul?
EVERYONE wears a mask.
E-V-E-R-Y O-N-E
Hand sanitizer is EVERYWHERE. I mean literally, everywhere. EVERY store. Every office. Every home.
Temperature checks?
Yup.
High tech temperature check imaging devices are at entrance to EVERY major govt and private office.
EVERY business — from 7/11 to a sandwich joint — takes your temperature on arrival!
Everywhere!
And what else? You log in with your phone at door. They can TRACE if you get sick.
EVERY business — from 7/11 to a sandwich joint — takes your temperature on arrival!
Everywhere!
And what else? You log in with your phone at door. They can TRACE if you get sick.
What else?
They have an app on your phone. (As a foreign visitor, you also must download). I report my health vitals daily. Takes about 2 seconds to confirm I am symptom free.
This is how they can open their borders, and trace someone who got sick to alert those exposed.
They have an app on your phone. (As a foreign visitor, you also must download). I report my health vitals daily. Takes about 2 seconds to confirm I am symptom free.
This is how they can open their borders, and trace someone who got sick to alert those exposed.
Speaking of travel....
Everyone in public transport wears masks, and of course sanitizer is free, and everywhere.
And at the airport? Free covid PCR test on arrival. Results back the next day. As long as you test negative, you can enter. Otherwise, must quarantine.
Everyone in public transport wears masks, and of course sanitizer is free, and everywhere.
And at the airport? Free covid PCR test on arrival. Results back the next day. As long as you test negative, you can enter. Otherwise, must quarantine.
