Tuesday, March 24, 2020

How South Korea Flattened the Coronavirus Curve

Notes:
I quoted the last part/paragraph from the article.
I am not suggesting that South Korea's methods are right or wrong.
I do not know any answers.
I am not a medical expert.
I do suggest that before you arrive at an opinion, read the entire article.



How South Korea Flattened the Coronavirus Curve
Max Fisher and Choe Sang-Hun  Monday,3/23/2020
Article Link https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-south-korea-flattened-the-coronavirus-curve/ar-BB11AJwA?ocid=spartanntp
Note: I quoted this last part/paragraph from the article.

Is The Korean Model Transferable?
For all the attention to South Korea’s successes, its methods and containment tools are not prohibitively complex or expensive.
Some of the technology the country has used is as simple as specialized rubber gloves and cotton swabs. Of the seven countries with worse outbreaks than South Korea’s, five are richer.
Experts cite three major hurdles to following South Korea’s lead, none related to cost or technology.
One is political will. Many governments have hesitated to impose onerous measures in the absence of a crisis-level outbreak.
Another is public will. Social trust is higher in South Korea than in many other countries, particularly Western democracies beset by polarization and populist backlash.
But time poses the greatest challenge. It may be “too late,” Dr. Ki said, for countries deep into epidemics to control outbreaks as quickly or efficiently as South Korea has.
China turned back the catastrophic first outbreak in Hubei, a province larger than most European countries, though at the cost of shutting down its economy.
South Korea’s methods could help the United States, though “we probably lost the chance to have an outcome like South Korea,” Mr. Gottlieb, the former F.D.A. commissioner, wrote on Twitter. “We must do everything to avert the tragic suffering being borne by Italy.”

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