The Country that Beat the Virus
- 4 years ago
The Country that Beat the Virus
In-depth look at how South Korea has dealt with Covid-19, and how poor Britain’s response has been by comparison. Certainly, South Korea got on top of the outbreak early, and its death toll is comparatively low without recourse to a lockdown. But has it beaten the virus? Who can say what the situation will be a month, or six months from now? The documentary’s title felt a little presumptuous.
“Would tens of thousands of lives have been saved if we’d done the same?”
In-depth look at how South Korea has dealt with Covid-19, and how poor Britain’s response has been by comparison. Certainly, South Korea got on top of the outbreak early, and its death toll is comparatively low without recourse to a lockdown. But has it beaten the virus? Who can say what the situation will be a month, or six months from now? The documentary’s title felt a little presumptuous.
“Would tens of thousands of lives have been saved if we’d done the same?”