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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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 Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:01 pm Post subject: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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This morning, my Korean co-teacher requested that I disassociate from, and stop mingling with any other foreigners, & implicitly requested that I not leave Korea, during my Summer Vacation. When I mentioned, "oh, do you mean H1N1 (Swine Flu)?�, my co-teacher said no, this is a new type of flu. Is anyone else getting this, at their school? It just seems like paranoia to me.
A quick google search found nothing conclusive. Is this a new strain of Swine flu? |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| give her a copy of the geneva convention |
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bobbybigfoot
Joined: 05 May 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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| chris_J2 wrote: |
| This morning, my Korean co-teacher requested that I disassociate from, and stop mingling with any other foreigners, & implicitly requested that I not leave Korea, during my Summer Vacation. |
I edited a test for my school. One of the test questions was on Swine Flu. Read the dialogue, answer the multiple choice questions. The dialogue stated that the World Health Organization released a statement that Korea's problems with SI are due to an influx of foreigners.
Yet again the dirty foreigner is responsible. Let's teach our children this so the racism can continue.
Heaven forbid that SI spread in Korea after Koreans returned from their vacations. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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| bobbybigfoot wrote: |
I edited a test for my school. One of the test questions was on Swine Flu. Read the dialogue, answer the multiple choice questions. The dialogue stated that the World Health Organization released a statement that Korea's problems with SI are due to an influx of foreigners.
Yet again the dirty foreigner is responsible. Let's teach our children this so the racism can continue.
Heaven forbid that SI spread in Korea after Koreans returned from their vacations. |
To be fair the first big influx was due to a new teacher and should be well known on this board. There were only 5 cases before she arrived, but didn't it quickly rise to something like 30 a couple days later because she went to an orientation and was exposed to 100s of people. |
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Emeliu
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Location: Korea, i'm OMW
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| bobbybigfoot wrote: |
I edited a test for my school. One of the test questions was on Swine Flu. Read the dialogue, answer the multiple choice questions. The dialogue stated that the World Health Organization released a statement that Korea's problems with SI are due to an influx of foreigners.
Yet again the dirty foreigner is responsible. Let's teach our children this so the racism can continue.
Heaven forbid that SI spread in Korea after Koreans returned from their vacations. |
To be fair the first big influx was due to a new teacher and should be well known on this board. There were only 5 cases before she arrived, but didn't it quickly rise to something like 30 a couple days later because she went to an orientation and was exposed to 100s of people. |
My GF also told me that a Korean man went to japan for a few days with the family, came back, and after a week started showing signs of H1N1. Their entire family was infected, and a lot of the people they interacted with as well. |
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ducati
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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| bobbybigfoot wrote: |
| chris_J2 wrote: |
| This morning, my Korean co-teacher requested that I disassociate from, and stop mingling with any other foreigners, & implicitly requested that I not leave Korea, during my Summer Vacation. |
I edited a test for my school. One of the test questions was on Swine Flu. Read the dialogue, answer the multiple choice questions. The dialogue stated that the World Health Organization released a statement that Korea's problems with SI are due to an influx of foreigners.
Yet again the dirty foreigner is responsible. Let's teach our children this so the racism can continue.
Heaven forbid that SI spread in Korea after Koreans returned from their vacations. |
That's true. It's the influx of foreigners. Why are you editing it? And how is this racism? I didn't know foreigners were classified as a race.
They're asking foreign ESL tutors who frequently travel outside of the country to not risk being affected. Since the tutors interact with school children, minimizing the risk is the main concern. This probably wouldn't happen with a Korean teacher because most of them don't vacation outside of Korea and don't interact with people who may have traveled abroad, especially now with the swine flu.
If you believe the school's request is too "racist," then you can always go back to your country. You don't have to be here. It's not like you're an immigrant who settled here. You're a temporary visitor. |
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bobbybigfoot
Joined: 05 May 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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| ducati wrote: |
| bobbybigfoot wrote: |
| chris_J2 wrote: |
| This morning, my Korean co-teacher requested that I disassociate from, and stop mingling with any other foreigners, & implicitly requested that I not leave Korea, during my Summer Vacation. |
I edited a test for my school. One of the test questions was on Swine Flu. Read the dialogue, answer the multiple choice questions. The dialogue stated that the World Health Organization released a statement that Korea's problems with SI are due to an influx of foreigners.
Yet again the dirty foreigner is responsible. Let's teach our children this so the racism can continue.
Heaven forbid that SI spread in Korea after Koreans returned from their vacations. |
That's true. It's the influx of foreigners. Why are you editing it? And how is this racism? I didn't know foreigners were classified as a race.
They're asking foreign ESL tutors who frequently travel outside of the country to not risk being affected. Since the tutors interact with school children, minimizing the risk is the main concern. This probably wouldn't happen with a Korean teacher because most of them don't vacation outside of Korea and don't interact with people who may have traveled abroad, especially now with the swine flu.
If you believe the school's request is too "racist," then you can always go back to your country. You don't have to be here. It's not like you're an immigrant who settled here. You're a temporary visitor. |
It's discrimination if only non-Koreans are being quarantined. Koreans visit the US, Canada etc...Are they not just as likely to contract the virus?
The World Health Organization would never issue such a statement. It was made up by some teacher. There was no "influx" of foreigners: just the usual comings and goings.
The "request" to have me edit was not racist. The question was. Does logic always elude you?
xenophobia, racism, discrimination. Choose the word you like best. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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| ducati wrote: |
| You don't have to be here. It's not like you're an immigrant who settled here. You're a temporary visitor. |
Who says I'm not?! I've been here for 12 years!! Now, if YOU don't like it, then get out of my country!!  |
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Emeliu
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Location: Korea, i'm OMW
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject: Re: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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| Harpeau wrote: |
| ducati wrote: |
| You don't have to be here. It's not like you're an immigrant who settled here. You're a temporary visitor. |
Who says I'm not?! I've been here for 12 years!! Now, if YOU don't like it, then get out of my country!! |
Lol, this guy has his shit together. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: Deadly new Flu strain? |
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| ducati wrote: |
then you can always go back to your country. You don't have to be here. It's not like you're an immigrant who settled here. You're a temporary visitor. |
You can follow your own advice and stop posting if you don't like it here. |
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dragon777
Joined: 06 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:09 am Post subject: |
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yes, and the naughty swine flu is interfering with all our lives...oh how so
boring and when will it finish? When the pharmaceutical companies have
enough money $$$$$ and that is never. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:14 am Post subject: New Flu |
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| yes, and the naughty swine flu is interfering with all our lives |
As I said in the OP, it's NOT Swine Flu, that my teacher warned me about, but some new flu altogether. A mutation, perhaps? |
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dragon777
Joined: 06 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:16 am Post subject: |
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and the Korean's have found it. Due to their scientific prowess!!!!
Do I really believe that...well..... |
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Burndog
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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I don't think it's a 'new' flu at all. If you are in Gyonggi-Do your teacher is probably confused by advice from the POE that outlines their recommendations for foreign teachers. They recommend that foreign teachers come back 7 days before the start of the new semester, and they advise that there will be a seven day period of isolation from the school upon return from any overseas vacation for foreign teachers.
This does sound discriminatory...until you talk to a Korean teacher...they have been told flat out to cancel their overseas travel apparently.
There is a certain level of over reacting here...but they are scared of this flu taking hold within school districts (a kid at school A contracts flu, goes to Hakwon and infects kids from school B, C, and D) so they are trying to ensure that ALL teachers refrain from visiting their schools straight after an overseas trip.
It's their country...I will let them decide what they think is best. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Thanks burndog. Yes, I'm in Gyeongido. And there is no news release from WHO, on any new deadly strain of Swine Fever.
And dragon777, obviously we both agree that kimchi is not necessarily a miracle cure! |
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