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The infection in Italy started in hospital or in retirement home (I don't remember which), so the first infected were people > 70. In South Korea it started in
by krzyk 7y ago
The infection in Italy started in hospital or in retirement home (I don't remember which), so the first infected were people > 70.
In South Korea it started in a cult, where most people were young < 40, and moslty women (which have less CFR than man for COVID-19).
And the rest was South Korean lack of regard for privacy (they have a map for each case where you can trace where and when a given infected person was - so you can check if you were near him/her) and technological superiority.
- T-A 7y ago> The infection in Italy started in hospital or in retirement home (I don't remember which), so the first infected were people > 70. Italy's patient #1 is 38 (see the article). Patient #0 has not been identified. > In South Korea it started in a cult, where most people were young < 40 That would be the Shincheonji Church of Jesus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shincheonji_Church_of_Jesus#Association_to_the_coronavirus_outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shincheonji_Church_of_Jesus#As... I don't know what their age profile is, but the outbreak began with a 61-year old ("Patient 31"), and several people mentioned here are above 50 (the founder is 88): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/world/asia/south-korea-coronavirus-shincheonji.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/world/asia/south-korea-co...
- kijin 7y agoAbout 80% of South Korean cases were less than 60 years old, with a peak in the 20s [1]. It is widely rumored that Shincheonji prefers to recruit young people who are easier to exploit. [1] https://coronaboard.kr/#age-card https://coronaboard.kr/#age-card
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