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South Korea Preserved the Open Society and Now Infection Rates are Falling

• https://www.aier.org by Peter C. Earle

A month ago, such a question would have been purely hypothetical but the answer in the United States would have been settled. After all, this is a country of law, with a Bill of Rights, limits on state power, and an essential trust in freedom. Right? 

How times change in a crisis. Mayors and governors around the country are imposing quarantines, not because they work but because they don't want to be blamed for failing to act. So let's consider that essential question: what works?

South Korea has seen a steady decrease in new coronavirus cases for the latter half of the last week. The country had the fourth most cases of coronavirus in the world. There were no geographic quarantines enforced by armed guards. Instead, the sole focus was on widespread testing and isolating the sick.


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