The Covid-19 Info thread (keep politics out please)

[confucius say]

Wrong.

They tested symptomatic people, The contact traced.

That's how they know Patient 31 spread it to 1,160 people.

South Korea even published the data of how many each person infected.

Here is a story with pictures...

https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-H...3SB/index.html

No, they tested symptomatic and asymptomatic people. I'm not saying they didn't contact trace mind you. I'm saying that is not what was the driving force that worked for them. See the quotes from the articles below.

They tested everybody who wanted a test, many multiple times, from the jump. 10-20k people a day, regardless of symptoms or contacts.

South Korea "immediately began the testing of asymptomatic people, rather than restricting testing to those with severe conditions or a history of contact with affected people."

https://www.heritage.org/asia/commen...virus-response

And, while noting that the four keys to reducing spread were social distancing, testing, tracing contacts, and travel bans, "widespread testing has been the key to reducing transmission in South Korea."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconv...ymptoms-134381

"South Korea has been testing basically everyone since the outbreak had become apparent."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2020/03/19/coronavirus-south-korea-test-data/amp/

Again, they didn't use contact tracing to know who to test. They tested everyone, regardless of contacts or symptoms.