4 ms·
South Korea never had lockdowns, outside of shutting down bars when they traced some superspreading events back to them. The idea that they’re somehow less comm
by claudeganon 6y ago
South Korea never had lockdowns, outside of shutting down bars when they traced some superspreading events back to them. The idea that they’re somehow less committed to human rights when they’ve preserved freedom of movement, while avoiding mass deaths, is laughable on its face.
- redisman 6y agoSouth Korea, Taiwan, Japan etc. have all done so much better that comparing the responses of “the west” is just nitpicking extremely flawed plans and executions. I know who I’m going to look for guidance in any future outbreaks
- fomine3 6y agoSK traced people in a bar by cellular location data and payment data without permit. I think it's not good for human rights.
- claudeganon 6y agoThe entire digital advertising industry is in greater violation of human rights, by this measure.
- fomine3 6y agoTracing real individuals rather than "anonymized" statistics is significantly worse. https://theconversation.com/tracing-homophobia-in-south-koreas-coronavirus-surveillance-program-139428 https://theconversation.com/tracing-homophobia-in-south-kore...
- claudeganon 6y agoThank you for bringing this to my attention. Apologies for minimizing it before.