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Halloween is Cancelled | SPC Briefing (Oct. 30, 2020)

Halloween is Cancelled | SPC Briefing (Oct. 30, 2020)

SeoulPodcast Briefing

The Seoul government is aggressively pushing bars to “voluntarily” close on Halloween. This sounds logical, but we all know that there is a weird story behind it.

Host

Joe McPherson

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About This Episode

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This is your SeoulPodcast briefing for April 4th, 2020. With a fake background of Seoul behind me, I’m Joe McPherson.

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  • COVID-19
    • Todays’ numbers
      • 94 new cases – Total 10,156
      • 3 deaths. Total 177
      • 304 recovered. Total 6,325 
      • Seoul – 22
      • Daegu – 27
      • Gyeonggi – 23
      • Imported – 15
      • Epicenters
        • St. Mary’s Hospital in Uijeongbu +8 Total 35
        • Wine bar in Pyeongtaek 13
        • Two health facilities in Daegu +20
  • Public bath emerges as new epicenter
    • Hantan River Spa in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province
    • 4 confirmed
    • Tracking 30 people who were at the spa
  • COVID Tardis

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200402000670

  • Phantom of the Opera in quarantine
  • U.S. asking citizens to return
  • Parasite quarantine
  • Trailer for Train to Busan 2: Peninsula

  • English-only private kindergarten hagwons re-opening

 

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Good day. 

 

This is your SeoulPodcast briefing for April 3rd, 2020. I’m Joe McPherson.

  • COVID-19
    • 86 new cases – 3 down from the day before
    • 10,062 confirmed cases total
    • 5 deaths. Total 174 
    • Seoul – 18 
      • Church in Guro
    • Daegu – 9 (½ of Seoul)
      • hospitals
    • Imported – 22
      • 53.2% from Europe
      • 31.8% from America
      • Most of them were Korean nationals returning from those areas
    • One more on USFK, bringing total to 16

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No Payouts for Registered Foreign Residents

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Risk vs. Uncertainty

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This is your SeoulPodcast briefing for March 30th, 2020. I’m Joe McPherson.

  • COVID-19
    • Todays’ numbers
      • 78 new cases – 27 down from the day before
      •  9,661 confirmed cases total
      • 6 deaths. Total 158 
      • 195 discharged. Total 5,228
      • Seoul region – 31
        • Church in Guro← new hotspot
      • Daegu – 14
      • Imported – 13
  • Seoul looks to be in another upward trend. Notice it looks like it’s on a weekly cycle. 
    • Church attendance?
    • Looking at the clusters
      • Seoul
        • Guro-gu call center
        • Dongan Church
      • Gyeonggi
        • Grace River Church
        • Guro-gu call center
        • Bucheon SaengMyeongSu Church
      • Daegu
        • Hospitals
      • Other locations
        • Mostly nursing homes, government offices, hospitals, and churches
  • Risk vs. Uncertainty (from Planet Money)
  • Mandatory quarantine to EVERYONE arriving in the country
    • 14 days
    • If they have residence then they stay in their residence
    • Otherwise people stay in government-designated facilities at own expense
  • More foreigners violating quarantine
    • German student in Busan
      • Visited school offices, walked the beach, went sightseeing and PLAYED BASKETBALL!!!!
      • Got tested
        • STILL VIOLATED QUARANTINE!!
          • Went to a coffee shop, 2 bars, and the cafeteria
    • British bike rider in Suwon
      • Returned from Thailand with symptoms
      • Day after returning, visited many places using a friend’s car, bus, and subway
      • Got tested
      • STILL VIOLATED QUARANTINE!!
        • Played indoor golf and went outside without a mask
      • Suwon mayor is going to make an example of him
    • Everyone both these jokers were in contact with are now under quarantine
  • Payouts for registered foreign residents
    • Petition to sign here

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Jeju to File Suit Against Woman, Mother Infected with COVID-19

This is your SeoulPodcast briefing for March 28th, 2020. I’m Joe McPherson.

  • COVID-19
    • Todays’ numbers
      • 146 new cases – up from 91 the day before
      • 9.478 confirmed cases total
      • 5 deaths. Total 144
      • 283 discharged. Total 4,811
        • Recovery rate tops 50%
      • Seoul – 18
      • Gyeonggi – 21
      • Daegu – 71
      • Imported – 24
KCDC Graph

Credit: KCDC

  • Jeju to File Suit Against Woman, Mother Infected with COVID-19
    • College student and her mother traveled to Jeju, violating the reommended quarantine
      • Entered Korea March 15
      • Went to Jeju March 20
      • Came back to Seoul
        • Mother tested positive on March 24
    • They were infected–daughter even had symptoms before going to Jeju
    • 38 people are now in quarantine
      • All places they’ve stayed at have been disinfected
  • Focus is now more on young people spreading the virus
    • PM is asking youth to not go clubbing (as if that would work)
  • More Drive-thru culture evolving

 

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