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1、SouthKoreaandMERSDon’tinhaleBlamingthegovernmentforaplagueJun13th2015
2、SEOUL
3、FromtheprinteditionSOMEdiseasescausepoliticalaswellashealthproblems—andsoitiswithMiddleEastRespiratorySyndrome(MERS)inSouthKorea.Ninepeoplehavedied,122morehavebeeninfectedandtheauthoritieshaveputover2,800peopl
4、eintoquarantine,includinganentirevillage,Jangduk,southofSeoul.Butthecountryisfightingtwowars,saysthemayorofGyeonggiprovince,whichsurroundsSeoul:oneagainstthedisease,theotheragainstfear.Bothcampaignsaregoingbadly.SouthKorea’soutbreakisalreadylargerthaninanycountryintheMiddleEast,except
5、SaudiArabia,thepresumedoriginofthedisease.Thevirusispoorlyunderstood,butseemstoberelatedtoSevereAcuteRespiratorySyndrome(SARS),whichkilledaround800peoplein200203,chieflyinHongKongandChina.WhatdefeatedSARSwasoldfashionedpublichealthmeasures,includinggoodhygieneandtheeffectiveuseofquara
6、ntine.YetSouthKorea’sgovernmentfailedforweekstotaketheMERSoutbreakseriously.Therewaslittleclearcommunicationearlyon.Ittooktheauthoritiestwoandahalfweeksfromthefirstdetectionofthediseasetopublishthenamesofhospitalsaffected—andonlytheninresponsetomediapressure,thepublicandthepopularmayo
7、rofSeoul,ParkWonsoon.Withlittleofficialinformation,SouthKoreansturnedtotheinternet,saysBomiCho,ayoungmotherofthreewholivesinSeoul.ParkGeunhye,thepresident,hascomeunderattackfornotreactingsooner(thisweekshefinallypostponedatriptoAmericaforasummitwithBarackObama).MayorPark,whoiswidelyre
8、gardedasfuturepresidentialmaterial,hasvaultedhigherinthepublic’sesteem.MERSCoV
9、SARS
10、Influenza
11、Smallpox
12、Ebola
13、Measles
14、PolioBasicreproductionnumber*(R0):1;Transmission:Airbornedroplet;Mortalityrate:36%Hangingoverthegovernmentisthememoryofaferrydisasterlastyear,whichkilled304people,mostl
15、yhighschoolstudents.Afterbunglingitsresponse,thegovernmentpromisedtochangeitsways,saysShinYul,apoliticalscientistatMyongjiUniversityinSeoul.ButtheMERScrisisshowsthatlittlehaschanged.Howdiseasesjumpfromanimalstopeople(http://www.economist.com/blogs/economistexplains/2015/06/economistex
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