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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
metalhead wrote:
uklathemock wrote:
Coughing and sneezing in your face aside, the "I don't give a s@#$ about others attitude doesn't help. Since, "many of the newly confirmed cases were the result of ignoring quarantine rules."

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/06/15/2015061501849.html


That "don't care about others" entitlement that Koreans pull is a cultural thing, not sure you can blame it on the individual as Korea doesn't have any individuals (again because of their culture). They really take the Asian collectivism to one extreme, yet treat their fellow man like garbage because they haven't been formally introduced. What a wonderful culture.


Clearly all Koreans are part of some group collective, hence the undivided country and the one-party system that exists here.
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Enrico Palazzo
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Joined: 11 Mar 2008
PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chaparrastique wrote:
Enrico Palazzo wrote:
to try to prevent getting MERS including eating cactus.


Cactus? Does kimchi not cut it anymore?


Yeah, there was a top 10 list of the various foods that could possibly prevent MERS. They included black tea and cactus. Go figure. And, no, for some weird reason, kimchi was not on the list. Perhaps, some people got infected despite being kimchi eaters. I don't know why they didn't include kimchi.
And how's black tea supposed to help? Garlic was on the list. At least, that's antiviral/antibacterial and a natural antibiotic. Black tea just has a lot of antioxidants. I just died when I read the top 10 list.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Enrico Palazzo wrote:
Chaparrastique wrote:
Enrico Palazzo wrote:
to try to prevent getting MERS including eating cactus.


Cactus? Does kimchi not cut it anymore?


Yeah, there was a top 10 list of the various foods that could possibly prevent MERS. They included black tea and cactus. Go figure. And, no, for some weird reason, kimchi was not on the list. Perhaps, some people got infected despite being kimchi eaters. I don't know why they didn't include kimchi.
And how's black tea supposed to help? Garlic was on the list. At least, that's antiviral/antibacterial and a natural antibiotic. Black tea just has a lot of antioxidants. I just died when I read the top 10 list.


My guess is the black tea is supposed to get rid of the taste of the camel urine. Maybe the latter's taste is similar for some folks' palates to kimchi.
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Chaparrastique



Joined: 01 Jan 2014
PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Enrico Palazzo wrote:
They included black tea and cactus.


A devious move as Korea is the world's largest producer of grafted cactus. And they get to promote Korean black tea at the same time.
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Bongotruck



Joined: 19 Mar 2015
PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Those cactus chocolates from Jeju are pretty nice but otherwise I will not be eating any cactus anytime soon.
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candy bar



Joined: 03 Dec 2012
PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
154 cases

19 dead
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crescent



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
South Korean government offers cash to tourists who contract MERS:

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150615_28.html
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Chaparrastique



Joined: 01 Jan 2014
PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
candy bar wrote:
154 cases

19 dead


Why do I get the feeling you're one of kwangjuchickens reincarnations?
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009
PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
crescent wrote:
South Korean government offers cash to tourists who contract MERS

I saw that, too; I was just about to post that.

Tourists who catch Mers in Korea get their vacation 'for free'... desperate countermeasure for dropping tourism
http://news.nate.com/view/20150615n26665
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candy bar



Joined: 03 Dec 2012
PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
World Traveler wrote:
crescent wrote:
South Korean government offers cash to tourists who contract MERS

I saw that, too; I was just about to post that.

Tourists who catch Mers in Korea get their vacation 'for free'... desperate countermeasure for dropping tourism
http://news.nate.com/view/20150615n26665



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:56 am    Post subject: