So this pandemic has only gotten worse. Of course, as the number of deaths and new infections starts to "flatten out" or reach a curve more and more nations are making plans to reopen. The main driver is money. Governments can not keep printing money or people will lose trust in the financial systems
Currencies will crash, and chaos will follow.
Here in Iksan, we had a close call when a Korean man visited a number of gay bars in Itaewon. Thousands of Koreans were present and about 30-40 foreigners were there as well. Of course, the government focused its attention on foreigners. Here in Iksan, this results in some restaurants not allowing foreigners to enter. This happened to us. The lame excuse was they ran out of ingredients. Of course, we did not buy the story but we left anyway. No need to create a scene. However, in the foreign community people are still gathering. The public sees this. If just ONE infection results we will be blamed again. Then many of us will lose our jobs and end up in limbo. So we will be keeping a low profile for one more week.
Ok, it is time to start class. Bella is looking at me....OMG. I have to go now!
/tata
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Thursday, May 07, 2020
Stupid gets even more STUPID
Oh, America, land of the brave. Also land of the incredibly stupid and arrogant. It has been awhile since I have updated this blog. My work schedule changed so the breaks I had before are now filled with classes. Of course, this is a good thing.
So why is America or rather Americans stupid? Just look at how they are handling the coronavirus pandemic the entire world is suffering through. People are not listening to stay at home orders. Thousands are protesting in the streets. Some outside of hospitals that causes gridlock and patients can not get into the ER fast enough. Americans do not like being told what to do. SO STUBBORN. SO STUPID. The USA has the highest number of fatalities from this outbreak than any other nation on Earth. Actually, China might have similar numbers they are just lying to the world.
As of right now, there have been 74,809 deaths from this virus. There are 1.2 million sick at the moment. Looking at the number of recovered versus those who have died...26% have died. So if the number of new cases suddenly stopped tens of thousands more will still die.
Yet Americans are still wanting to go back to "normal" life. The daily number of deaths is almost 2000 a day during the week, while on weekends it falls to 1100 to 1500 deaths. Those numbers are for each DAY.
When America went to war and perhaps twenty soldiers died in a day...it was considered a terrible loss. People got angry saying "bring our troops home". This when perhaps in a year the US would lose 300-400 troops to hostile action (IED's). People were in an uproar. When the twin towers fell and 3000 souls were lost...Americans went to war. This pandemic is a biological war. We can win by following government guidelines and using common sense. Wear a mask, carry hand sanitizer with you when leaving the house. Allow the government to track your movements and report it to the public so if you are sick people can stay away from that area. South Korea did it right after getting it wrong with SARS, then MERS. Heck, I remember when SARS hit we were encouraged to shut down the academy. My boss at the time...shut down only the elementary and middle school classes.
My current boss did it right. It sucked because I was not under contract so I would not receive 70% of my wages. But I sucked it up and stayed home. I did not venture very far from home. South Korea mainly has imported cases that are intercepted as soon as they enter the country.
Most Americans are not stupid, they are listening and following government directives. It is a small number of asshats that can make it so terrible for the larger wiser population. Those protestors should pay a fine if they want to go out and practice freedom of speech. UGH. I really worried about Micheal.
/tata
So why is America or rather Americans stupid? Just look at how they are handling the coronavirus pandemic the entire world is suffering through. People are not listening to stay at home orders. Thousands are protesting in the streets. Some outside of hospitals that causes gridlock and patients can not get into the ER fast enough. Americans do not like being told what to do. SO STUBBORN. SO STUPID. The USA has the highest number of fatalities from this outbreak than any other nation on Earth. Actually, China might have similar numbers they are just lying to the world.
As of right now, there have been 74,809 deaths from this virus. There are 1.2 million sick at the moment. Looking at the number of recovered versus those who have died...26% have died. So if the number of new cases suddenly stopped tens of thousands more will still die.
Yet Americans are still wanting to go back to "normal" life. The daily number of deaths is almost 2000 a day during the week, while on weekends it falls to 1100 to 1500 deaths. Those numbers are for each DAY.
When America went to war and perhaps twenty soldiers died in a day...it was considered a terrible loss. People got angry saying "bring our troops home". This when perhaps in a year the US would lose 300-400 troops to hostile action (IED's). People were in an uproar. When the twin towers fell and 3000 souls were lost...Americans went to war. This pandemic is a biological war. We can win by following government guidelines and using common sense. Wear a mask, carry hand sanitizer with you when leaving the house. Allow the government to track your movements and report it to the public so if you are sick people can stay away from that area. South Korea did it right after getting it wrong with SARS, then MERS. Heck, I remember when SARS hit we were encouraged to shut down the academy. My boss at the time...shut down only the elementary and middle school classes.
My current boss did it right. It sucked because I was not under contract so I would not receive 70% of my wages. But I sucked it up and stayed home. I did not venture very far from home. South Korea mainly has imported cases that are intercepted as soon as they enter the country.
Most Americans are not stupid, they are listening and following government directives. It is a small number of asshats that can make it so terrible for the larger wiser population. Those protestors should pay a fine if they want to go out and practice freedom of speech. UGH. I really worried about Micheal.
/tata
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