South Korea on brink of nationwide virus outbreak, officials warn
sad one as its about to kill a lot of people Link
And one of the biggest concerns is that many of the far-right worshippers who are potentially infected believe the virus was planted as part of a conspiracy to close it down.
Many are refusing to be contacted, let alone tested.
And there is also one other major risk factor. Infected members of the Shincheonji church were mostly young - in their 20s. But the current outbreak is affecting a much older age group.
Members of the Sarang Jeil Church, which roughly translates as "Love Comes First", are right-wing conservatives and maintain that President Moon Jae-in is a communist and a puppet of China and North Korea.
Before the coronavirus outbreak, they would gather in their hundreds in the centre of Seoul each Saturday loudly rallying and marching past the Blue House to denounce the South Korean leader.
One of the church's pastors, Lee Hae-suk, told my colleagues at Reuters last week - after she tested positive for the virus - that this was a plot to "kill Sarang Jeil Church by increasing the number of confirmed cases".
When asked who she thinks is behind the "plot", she said: "Moon Jae-in".
The heartbreak of loving a conspiracy theorist
"I used to dismiss conspiracy theorists as contemptible idiots. Then one of my relatives became one. In the past few months I have watched someone I love — someone who used to believe in science, rational thought and the collective good — become an anti-vaxxer, anti-5Ger, anti-masker, a "plandemic" disciple and a "sovereign citizen" suspicious of any collective purpose.
Conspiracy theories are not simply a hobby. They have become an all-consuming identity akin to a cult." Coronavirus: How conspiracy theories are breaking my heart
Laugh or cry on the topic? 1 in 5 not getting babies vaccines is a worry. Religious types being anti Covid19 for a specific vaccine was a surprise[bighmmm]
CDC and left wing hit squads
Its a revolution??
Trump Health Aide Pushes Bizarre Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt
Michael R. Caputo told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection and accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”
Reading a little more "Michael Caputo, the top communications official at the Department of Health and Human Services, complained that he was under siege by the news media and said his “mental health has definitely failed.”Credit...
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Mental Health is fragile. Hope he recovers
