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Last few days though, more numbers are being reported of new infections in both China and South Korea. Yesterday more than 100+ in SK I think.

theseadroid 7y ago
For China many Chinese emigrants are returning home with the virus with them. as they don't trust their local healthcare systems. One example: https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/biogen-parts-way-employee-who-hid-coronavirus-symptoms-and-lied-her-way-back-to-china https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/biogen-parts-way-employe...
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- magduf 7y ago
  Well she's probably right not to trust the American healthcare system. It was pretty bad before, and it's going to be a completely dysfunctional disaster pretty soon. Meanwhile, China is able to build an emergency pandemic hospital in 10 days.
lunchables 7y ago
Doesn't look like the trend there is really changing since it peaked around March 8th. Seems pretty consistently in the low hundreds of new confirmed a day. If you scroll down the page there's a graph that helps to visualize it: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-korea/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-kore...
- billfruit 7y ago
  Yes it isn't changing, but it does not seem to be tending towards falling to zero.
  - lunchables 7y ago
    My point is that using data from "the last couple days" isn't really indicating anything new in SK. Confirmed cases have been consistent for weeks.
summerlight 7y ago
Almost half of them are actually an influx from other countries, mostly overseas Korean in EU and US.
magduf 7y ago
Look at the infection rates in those countries: they're S-curves. New infections are being found, but the rate of increase is far lower than it was previously, and the majority of cases are cleared up. That shows they're likely on the tail end of the problem. For European countries and the US, the curve looks asymptotic. There's no telling how high it'll go at this point.

theseadroid 7y ago

For China many Chinese emigrants are returning home with the virus with them. as they don't trust their local healthcare systems. One example: https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/biogen-parts-way-employee-who-hid-coronavirus-symptoms-and-lied-her-way-back-to-china https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/biogen-parts-way-employe...

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magduf 7y ago
Well she's probably right not to trust the American healthcare system. It was pretty bad before, and it's going to be a completely dysfunctional disaster pretty soon. Meanwhile, China is able to build an emergency pandemic hospital in 10 days.

lunchables 7y ago

Doesn't look like the trend there is really changing since it peaked around March 8th. Seems pretty consistently in the low hundreds of new confirmed a day. If you scroll down the page there's a graph that helps to visualize it: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-korea/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-kore...

billfruit 7y ago
Yes it isn't changing, but it does not seem to be tending towards falling to zero.
- lunchables 7y ago
  My point is that using data from "the last couple days" isn't really indicating anything new in SK. Confirmed cases have been consistent for weeks.

summerlight 7y ago

Almost half of them are actually an influx from other countries, mostly overseas Korean in EU and US.

magduf 7y ago

Look at the infection rates in those countries: they're S-curves. New infections are being found, but the rate of increase is far lower than it was previously, and the majority of cases are cleared up. That shows they're likely on the tail end of the problem. For European countries and the US, the curve looks asymptotic. There's no telling how high it'll go at this point.