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You Need To Listen To This Leading COVID-19 Expert From South Korea | STAY CURIOUS #15

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Immunity and infectionClinical medicineInfectious diseasePublic health and policy

Professor Kim Woo-joo discusses South Korea's response to COVID-19, explaining the effectiveness of masks, testing, and contact tracing.

We want to thank Professor Kim Woo-joo from Korea University Guro Hospital for taking his valuable time to inform our subscribers. He just started his official YouTube channel and even though it’s all in Korean, you should subscribe to his channel just in case he makes important announcements in the future: youtube.com/user/KUMCbroadcast  If you want us to do a follow-up interview with Professor Kim and have him answer your questions, you can directly ask our founder, Stephen, on our community platform, which you can download here: App Store (iPhone): bit.ly/2wyascp Play Store (Android): bit.ly/2UxJycD Web: mogao.io In these difficult times, we all need to stick together and support each other as members of the Asian Boss community. Up until now, this community only existed in the YouTube comments but we decided to open up the internal app we’ve been using at HQ to interact more directly with you. Again, if you want to ask your questions to Professor Kim and also to be a part of a super positive & informative online community, then download our app:  App Store (iPhone): bit.ly/2wyascp Play Store (Android): bit.ly/2UxJycD Web: mogao.io We share all the behind-the-scenes photos and stories about our videos in this community as well, so download it now. See you on the inside! #COVID19 #KoreanDrFauci #AsianBoss

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5 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended as an informative early-pandemic interview explaining South Korea's successful containment strategies and the importance of wearing masks.

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Franck Dernoncourtin Medical Sciences Stack Exchange • Recommends

On “Why is a (simple) mask not recommended for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients?”

TL;DR: please WEAR A MASK! (unless your nearby hospitals are out of it, in which case give your masks to them and stay at home) The link you mentioned provides the reason that the CDC likely has in mind (though I agree it doesn't identify it clearly as the reason): The worldwide supply of masks is limited. It's critical that we use them appropriately. i.e., prioritizing them for high-risk people. Thought the CDC is now considering recommending general public wear face coverings in public. {1} compiled different government guidelines on the use of mask. You'll see that some of them do recommend wearing a mask whereas others such as the UK mentions that "there is very little e…
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bkorin Hacker News • Recommends

On “The origin story of the N95 mask”

…mmend them so medical professionals are prioritized. It's also interesting that in in Europe/US they focus on a person not getting a disease. In Asia they often wear a masks if the person isn't feeling well. Meaning, the mask is to prevent the person who is wearing it from infecting others. This bit is often glossed over. The video is available at link to this video . I don't know exactly where they discussed the masks. The entire video is great, so suggest to watch the whole thing. Note: It also talks about spreading by touching your nose and then someone or some surface.…
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JimTheManin Hacker News • Recommends

On “On “Armchair Epidemiology””

I highly recommend this video from Korea (Professor Kim Woo-joo from Korea University Guro Hospital) that gives a Korean perspective on the disease and the western response to it: link to this video A few points of interest: (He is a very respectful fellow so apologies if the summary seems a bit to the point) - Masks help and he is slightly puzzled why the west hasn't adopted that culture - Their testing and tracing helps and they doubt the US would allow their level of privacy invasion - Korea is doing well because they have had to respond to pandemics and were prepared (as are Taiwan, Singapore etc)
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dba7dbain Hacker News • Recommends

On “Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' virus fragments: experts”

…n S. Korea, try watching these interviews in order. Each is about 30 - 50 min long. I posted the links and the dates they were uploaded. The videos are excellent because the doctors are not interrupted with questions. 1) 2020.03.27 1st interview with Professor Kim, leading expert on coronavirus in Korea. In Korean with excellent English subtitles. link to this video 2) 2020.04.14 2nd interview with Professor Kim, leading expert on coronavirus in Korea. In Korean with excellent English subtitles. link 3) 2020.04.25 Interview with the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) about COVID-19 Vaccine. It's in English. link 4) Note in the interview with Prof Kim uploaded on 2020.04.1…
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dkfjdkfjdain Hacker News • Recommends

On “Take the Shutdown Skeptics Seriously”

…here's very little research about how masks affect this particular virus, because it's always somewhat specific. IMO the best thing we can do is look at experience from countries that managed to get the infection under control, like SK. I highly recommend these interviews with one of their leading experts, what he says makes a lot of sense: link link to this video When he says face masks are one of the effective measures, I'd probably trust him ... The question is what exactly should be the rules. Our country is in a lockdown for ~2 months now, and most of the time face masks were required when leaving the house. We're probably going to relax the rules a bit soon, only requiring them when closed spac…
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gameswithgoin Hacker News • Mentions

On “A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal, now dozens have Covid-19”

This is an important distinction for experts who know the terms of art, but for regular people it is maybe misleading to keep insisting that "it isn't airborne". It is traveling through the air, you can get it, through the air, if you are near another person. I have seen this misunderstanding in real life. People who think an outdoor festival is safe because "it isn't airborne" As well, at least one expert, in South Korea, states that it is possible to become aerosolized and actually airborne in the right conditions (many people, singing, shouting, in a small area). Source: link to this video
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bkdbkdin Hacker News • Mentions

On “A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal, now dozens have Covid-19”

In this interview Professor Kim Woo-joo describes a similar incident in Korea, where a choir contracted the virus. He adds that 5um is the min for 'droplet' infection, and that if the droplets remain airborne they can desiccate, and shrink , and then move from 'droplet' to 'aerosol'. link to this video
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balladeerin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Bill Gates calls for nationwide shutdown”

> The numbers from Korea, Italy and the Diamond princess are not good but they are not world-ending either. You lumped Korea and Italy together which is strange. Then apparently (seeing your comment chain) you tried to transpose it onto US and rest of the world. Korea was ready (experience with previous outbreaks). They started early. They tested like there's no tomorrow and are still doing that. Test - isolate, test - isolate, test - isolate. Everybody wearing masks - negative, positive, or untested. Everybody 1 And their health infra is impeccable. They are people with a great civic sense (I have lived there for months). 1. link to this video
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robocatin Hacker News • Mentions

On “South Korea reports recovered Covid-19 patients testing positive again”

The issue is talked about at 7:59 in this video link to this video (Leading COVID-19 Expert Professor Kim Woo-joo from Korea University Guro Hospital)
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robocatin Hacker News • Mentions

On “S.Korea says recovered Covid-19 patients re-testing positive”

The issue is talked about at 7:59 in this video link to this video (Leading COVID-19 Expert Professor Kim Woo-joo from Korea University Guro Hospital) made a couple of weeks ago.
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