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What's interesting is, many South Koreans still believe the South Korean government is to blame. Perhaps no people are satisifed by their government? Usual cou
by xpressvideoz 7y ago
What's interesting is, many South Koreans still believe the South Korean government is to blame. Perhaps no people are satisifed by their government?
Usual counterarguments are like these:
1. The government should have prevented the entry of foreign nationals who recently visited China. It could buy us some time to develop treatment to the disease. To this day, no such ban has been imposed.
2. It should have prohibited masks from being exported in January. Many masks are suspected to be exported to China, which is believed to have contributed the scarceness of masks. Thankfully, the exportation is banned now.
3. The government shifts a little too much responsibility to the cult. In addition, some people blames Daegu, where the cult made thousands of people infected, for not handling the situation properly, to prevent the central government from being blamed.
But after seeing the reactions of other countries, I'm starting to believe South Korea's actions were actually pretty good, at least relatively. What do you think?
- maallooc 7y agoCounterargument #1, #2 is due to the government's stance towards China. The government is trying to win back China's (so called) friendship, which was shattered when the U.S. deployed THAAD there. South Korea was able to handle this not because the government did good, but they experienced the MERS outbreak in 2015. Legislative measures to prevent outbreaks were made then. (plus the lesson of impeachment I guess)