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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Ulaanbataar
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Mush
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Location: Busan
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| What a way for a bunch of newbies to start out. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: Teachers in quarantine for swine flu? |
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thanks for the links - it's a good read.
as for being indignant - not really - am glad steps are being taken - just wonder if it's being a bit one-sided as to who is going to be quarantined - why is it they can't find the family with the kids from ny who may have been ill? maybe they weren't looking all that hard?
after all it's said swine flu is more serious the younger the patient -
we'll see how serious K is about all this in the next few months when the number of cases increases |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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mmstyle
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: wherever
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The teacher responsible for communicating with me on behalf of, well, anyone official, had to fill out a form about my health today and send it off to the government.
It just seemed to be a self assessment though. I am sure if I had so much as a sniffle, it would have become more than that, though.
Interestingly enough, no one mentioned anything to my husband at his scholl though.
I work at a PS. Anyone else get asked about their health in an official capacity today? |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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My handler at PS asked me today about my health since I have had a cold for a few weeks and If need to go to clinic. Now I just have a stuffy nose. I told him I was fine but that the Korean teacher was really sick. My question is: Since when are Koreans teachers immune from H1N1? I didnt see him run to the Korean teacher and ask the same question!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:38 am Post subject: |
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This is nice:
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* Here's an email that went out to EPIK teachers:
A friend of mine who works for EPIK got an email this afternoon saying:
"This is to let you know that ALL foreign teachers who enter the country after May 11, 2009 are required to do a home quarantine for 7 days before returning to school.
During the quarantine, you are required to stay home and wear a mask if leaving the house temporarily to run errands such as grocery shopping. At the end of the 7 day quarantine, you must visit a public health clinic for a final checkup." |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Hey, smee... any chance any of these teachers have a phone and would like to do a podcast about it? If they have Skype, we can record it all together. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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My boss knew I had a cold from last week, and said if I needed to go to the hospital, he would take me, but he wasn't concerned about me having swine flu. I just have a bad head-cold. Some of students jokingly asked me if I had the swine flu, because I looked pale today. Well, I was dizzy from the head cold. A head cold can mess me up.
It's not great to hear of newbies having to be quarantined and coming to Korea with the swine flu. I am sure they're under a ton of stress.... |
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Dodgy Al
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| Good luck in Quarantine guys! Whatever you do, don't annoy Mr.Flibble. |
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nicam
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
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Someone from EPIK called the administrator of my school yesterday to check on my health. I have been in Korea for over 8 months and live on Geoje-do. What a joke.
Anyway, the teacher in the room with the most English skills came over to my desk and asked me if I had any flu symptoms, and if I'd recently been to America (duh?!), or had been around anyone who had been to America. I just started laughing, and so did he. Then he was like, "anyway, I don't think you have the pig flu. They are just checking on the foreigners." |
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dmbfan
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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Well, all I gotta say is.......
1. At least most expat teachers can close their mouths when they sneeze and cough.
2. We chew with our mouths closed.
3. Don't eat out of the same group kimchi pot.....spreading any germs that may be present.
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| dmbfan. I hope too that we at least wash our hands after using the washroom. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Does anyone actually BELIEVE that hagwons will let new foreign teachers have 7 days off when they arrive in Korea? Hogwans want foreign teachers to start teaching ASAP- sometimes right off the plane. Everyone wants to play with the new puppy.  |
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