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moosehead
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but which Ks are in quarantine is the q -
the ones who speak E?
the ones who spent the most time w/the NETs?
or the ones who simply agreed to go into quarantine for whatever reason?
it certainly does sound like incompetence, btw, as they don't appear to be in air-sealed facilities where the air is trapped, purified and filtered before being released. since this virus is air-borne (as well as thru mucus, sneezing, etc.) it's not a proper quarantine but truly just a detention facility trying to put up a front for the K public.
back during the avian flu period, K swore none was here but then announced a year later that there actually had been cases diagnosed and (ahem!) they had gone undiagnosed.
grin and bear it, seriously, there's not a heck of a lot of anything that can be done about the situation. |
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eperdue4ad
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| Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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it's not a proper quarantine but truly just a detention facility trying to put up a front for the K public.
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Bingo! |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| What are the local government robots going to do when thousands, and thousands kyopos come to study (party) this summer during their breaks, and the thousands and thousands of locals return from their overseas studies? A much bigger problem than us waeguks. |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| What are the local government robots going to do when thousands, and thousands kyopos come to study (party) this summer during their breaks, and the thousands and thousands of locals return from their overseas studies? A much bigger problem than us waeguks. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| What are the local government robots going to do when thousands, and thousands kyopos come to study (party) this summer during their breaks, and the thousands and thousands of locals return from their overseas studies? A much bigger problem than us waeguks. |
They`re already here... |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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Question: How do you write an article that highlights the sick foreigner out of a group of 3 (including 2 Koreans) who got sick?
Answer: Not give the nationality of the "educator" in question while highlighting the sick American and the Korean national who was just returning from overseas. We wouldn't want to induce panic by admitting that Kimchi didn't help this "educator" stave off the foreigners disease.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/05/28/43/0301000000AEN20090528001100320F.HTML
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S. Korea confirms 3 more flu cases
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities said Thursday that they have confirmed three more cases of Influenza A, brining the number of reported infections here to 32.
According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, a 41-year-old American English teacher, a 38-year-old educator and a 19-year-old Korean national were confirmed to have been infected with the H1N1 virus.
The English teacher and the 38-year-old patient work at the same language institute where by Wednesday 20 employees, mostly foreign instructors, had already been found to be infected with the contagious disease.
The 19-year-old Korean is being treated at a state-designated hospital since returning from overseas on Tuesday after showing flu-like symptoms, the ministry said.
South Korea had been considered relatively insulated from the highly contagious virus until last week, with just four confirmed cases reported.
The number, however, is growing sharply after a group of foreign English teachers were found to be infected in the same language institute over the weekend, raising concerns the virus might be spreading through person-to-person contact...... |
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Burndog
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
Question: How do you write an article that highlights the sick foreigner out of a group of 3 (including 2 Koreans) who got sick?
Answer: Not give the nationality of the "educator" in question while highlighting the sick American and the Korean national who was just returning from overseas. We wouldn't want to induce panic by admitting that Kimchi didn't help this "educator" stave off the foreigners disease.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/05/28/43/0301000000AEN20090528001100320F.HTML
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S. Korea confirms 3 more flu cases
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities said Thursday that they have confirmed three more cases of Influenza A, brining the number of reported infections here to 32.
According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, a 41-year-old American English teacher, a 38-year-old educator and a 19-year-old Korean national were confirmed to have been infected with the H1N1 virus.
The English teacher and the 38-year-old patient work at the same language institute where by Wednesday 20 employees, mostly foreign instructors, had already been found to be infected with the contagious disease.
The 19-year-old Korean is being treated at a state-designated hospital since returning from overseas on Tuesday after showing flu-like symptoms, the ministry said.
South Korea had been considered relatively insulated from the highly contagious virus until last week, with just four confirmed cases reported.
The number, however, is growing sharply after a group of foreign English teachers were found to be infected in the same language institute over the weekend, raising concerns the virus might be spreading through person-to-person contact...... |
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See...THIS is discrimination! What a terrible article! Even the line 'person-to-person contact' makes it sound like the foreigners were all engaged in some sordid act!
Interstingly though....the percentage of foreign English teachers who have swine flu compared to the number of Koreans who have it...as a percentage...makes me think that maybe we ARE more dangerous!!! I'm going to make sure that I don't go anywhere near myself! |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 2:36 am Post subject: |
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| One of the teachers at my university went home and when she came back she was told to stay home for a week. Of course she didn't actually have the swine flu, but that didn't matter. |
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