Daegu Is Very Quiet

There's not a whole lot to report from lurvely Daegu.  The number of cases is still growing, and most of them are centered around the Christian cult church known as "Shin-cheon-ji" ("New Heaven And Earth Church").  (Their wiki is pure nightmare fuel.)  The government has set up "drive through" testing facilities, which is pretty amazing, but there is also a shortage of hospital space.  People with flu symptoms are being told to "self quarantine" at home, which isn't a terrible idea either if it means less stress on the medical system as a whole.  It's scary though, for obvious reasons.  I can't imagine having a sick kid right now and basically being told to stay home -- it is regular flu and cold season, after all.

This latest article from Joong-Ang is interesting:

"On Sunday South Gyeongsang Governor Kim Kyoung-soo said he would take legal action against the sect for violating laws on infectious disease prevention, adding that there was a discrepancy of 540 people between official and submitted records. Gwangju’s metropolitan government also warned that it would file a police complaint if the sect did not immediately submit a complete membership list.

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon took the toughest stance, calling on state prosecutors Sunday to arrest Shincheonji’s leader, Lee Man-hee, on a charge of manslaughter.

Lee, the 88-year-old whose followers regard as a physically immortal messiah figure, will be tested for the coronavirus in the near future, Shincheonji representatives said Sunday. Lee has not made a public appearance since his church emerged as the nexus of the virus outbreak last month and is believed to be lying low in a residence somewhere in northern Gyeonggi.

Prosecutors are already in the midst of an investigation into Lee and church leaders for violating health laws, after a civic group opposed to the church filed a complaint on Thursday."

Like anti-vaxxers in America, by all means lock these apocalyptic fuckers up as soon as possible.  Their martyrdom is well deserved.  They are a public health threat, above all else.

The city is just very, very quiet.  I'm running out of movies to watch.