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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject: So at what point do they just stop quarantine? |
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At what point do they just admit it's here and stop quarantining us?
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2009/07/15/0601000000AEN20090715008200315.HTML
(LEAD) S. Korea confirms 46 more flu cases
By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities reported an additional 46 confirmed cases of influenza A on Wednesday, bringing the nation's tally of flu infections to 607.
The new patients, including 13 elementary school students in the Seoul metropolitan area, tested positive for the H1N1 virus after showing flu-like symptoms, the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said. |
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WanderingDolphin
Joined: 02 Jul 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: So at what point do they just stop quarantine? |
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Why would they stop quarantines? It's a great business decision on the part of slimy hagwon owners and directors to force teachers to take a week of UNPAID quarantine (like my school).
Just think of all the money they save by breaking the law and not paying teachers for a week.
I'm sure they're padding their own paychecks with the savings.
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At what point do they just admit it's here and stop quarantining us?
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2009/07/15/0601000000AEN20090715008200315.HTML
(LEAD) S. Korea confirms 46 more flu cases
By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities reported an additional 46 confirmed cases of influenza A on Wednesday, bringing the nation's tally of flu infections to 607.
The new patients, including 13 elementary school students in the Seoul metropolitan area, tested positive for the H1N1 virus after showing flu-like symptoms, the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said. |
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Palladium
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| If it did ever hit the mainstream population, it would run thru the population like wildfire. One of the hazards of living in a crowded country. |
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Some of the Mothers Said
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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It's coming, it's coming to a town near you.
Look at Australia at the moment. A country large enough to contain about ten Korea's with half the population. More than 10,000 have the virus, 20 have died and 60 are in intensive care as of today. It will run through the population like a heavy night drinking So-ju with spicy side dishes.
October, November, may be a good time to take a vacation from the ROK.
I hear that Kim-chi is your only chance staying alive. I'm stockpiling.... |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Elementary school kids who had a field trip abroad? |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| antoniothegreat wrote: |
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| Elementary school kids who had a field trip abroad? |
no you retard, that is the point of the quarantine, the filthy foreigner gave it to them |
Thanks for that. |
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polonius
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:05 am Post subject: |
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Here is something interesting from Wikipedia:
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| WHO guidance from 7 May recommends no travel restrictions based on this strain of influenza stating that "Scientific research based on mathematical modelling shows that restricting travel would be of limited or no benefit in stopping the spread of disease". |
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| According to the CDC, surveillance methods, along with rapid isolation and treatment, only makes sense at the very earliest stage of an outbreak, and "becomes irrelevant" once the virus is spreading widely within the community, as it is in the United States. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic |
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nosmallplans
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:16 am Post subject: |
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makes me glad that:
1. I can't afford to travel right now.
2. I'm leaving my teaching job. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:42 am Post subject: |
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| With it hitting that many elementary students, I'd have to say it HAS reached the general population. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Update:
It's spreading throughout the school.
I would be foolish to assume this didn't get to parents and the rest of the community:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/07/17/0301000000AEN20090717007000315.HTML
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Seoul confirms 23 additional cases of influenza A
SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea confirmed 23 additional cases of new influenza infections Friday at a Seoul school where some 830 students and teachers may have been exposed to the highly contagious H1N1 virus.
The new findings put the nation's tally at 682. |
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