Chapter 267 – Chapter 267. Coronavirus – 6
In the midst of conflicting opinions between Lee Woo-pan and Kim Jwa-ik, Lee U-pan spoke again.
-The opposition party is using it politically? I think it’s the exact opposite. Isn’t the ruling party abandoning the people’s safety for political purposes? Around next month, I understand that the Chinese president is scheduled to visit Korea and hold talks. At that time, it would like to borrow the power of China to resolve the conflict caused by the existing THAAD issue and act as a mediator in inter-Korean relations. So, isn’t it sacrificing even its own people in order not to go against their planting as much as possible? This is because the government was incompetent in the past. What about traditional diplomacy? The United States and Japan are turned into enemies, and North Korea is also ignored. After all the diplomacy is undermined like this, isn’t it creepy because you want to borrow China’s power? Do you know the humiliation of almost three battles?
Lee Woo-pan’s words were answered by Kim Jwa-ik again.
– Diplomacy is working very well. What you’ve said is very obviously a misjudgement, and it sounds like you’re referring to fake news. Our country’s current diplomatic line is very good. Mi, it’s never been that I had my work as my enemy. Wouldn’t it be fair to say that it showed that our country’s national power has become stronger than before to the extent that it stands shoulder to shoulder with powerful countries such as the United States and Japan and clearly talks about its requirements? In addition, we expect tremendous economic growth in the long term by improving relations with North Korea for the sake of unification, which is the nation’s longing, and friendship with China, which can have a profound impact on our country’s economy.
It was the other way around.
Lee U-fan said that the current diplomacy is turning nearby advanced countries into enemies or being ignored by other countries.
However, Kim Jwa-ik said that the current diplomacy is being carried out splendidly, and that it is in a strong state that it is saying something to other countries rather than turning it into an enemy.
When Kim Jwa-Ik responded to Lee Woo-Pan’s words, Lee U-Pan said.
– It seems to cover the sky with the palm of your hand. Are you doing well? Now?
-Of course. Think of the former regime. How would it have been if this had happened in the state of the former regime? You won’t even have to say anything. Could it have done much more damage? This government is doing its best.
-Have you been outside? There are countless restaurants that have closed their doors, and more and more people are unable to make ends meet! It means that the people are dying while suffering double hardship due to disease and difficulties in maintaining livelihood! But now, while paying attention to China, entry is allowed infinitely, and how long do you think these policies that favor foreigners over their own citizens will last? You have to take care of your own people first and care about foreigners.
Yiufan’s voice grew higher and higher.
Then, Kim Jwa-Ik’s voice, which continued to be calm, also increased in tone, and his atmosphere intensified.
-Didn’t you say that the entry ban was nonsense? Think before you speak! It is not Chinese people spreading the virus to our country, but Koreans who have been to China are spreading the virus to their own people! The virus has already been brought in and spread by religious groups, so why do you want to impose an entry ban that has no meaning and only negative diplomatic effects? Isn’t this a political use? Please stop the fear arm! Its fatality rate is lower than that of the flu! In fact, most of the deaths are elderly people with weakened immune systems, and the actual fatality rate is very low! Wash your hands well, and pay attention to strengthening your immunity! But what are you going to do with the general election after selling such fear and dissatisfaction with the current government to the people? Do you think people don’t know that?
Kim Jwa-Ik replied to Lee Woo-Pan’s words.
This time, Woofan Lee talked about the damage caused by the virus.
It was said that there was a hole in the government’s quarantine, and the damage to the people’s livelihood was enormous.
Conversely, Jwa-Ik Kim said that it was not a matter to worry about so much.
It was a story that the spread of the virus among its citizens could not be prevented anyway to impose an entry ban, and to increase resistance to the virus by strengthening immunity.
-You can overcome it with immunity? Then, would you like to first eat foods that strengthen your immunity, go to the isolation ward where confirmed patients are gathered, and have an interview without a mask?
-Are you going to say it emotionally without any basis? In fact, isn’t it true that the elderly with weak immunity have a high mortality rate and the younger the age group, the lower the mortality rate even when exposed to the virus? Doesn’t immunity and viruses have to do with this?
More such discussions ensued.
Song Ji-eun became more and more confused as she listened to Kim Jwa-ik and Lee Woo-pan’s discussion.
If you listen to Lee Woo-fan’s words, there are more than 60 countries that have banned entry, and there is a basis for saying that quarantine should be implemented as a blockade to the epicenter.
According to Kim Jwa-Ik, it was also grounded that an entry ban could not prevent the virus from entering the country, and that an increase in immunity would be helpful.
There was no need to get confused if either of the reasons were absurd.
However, since both had their own grounds in the argument, Ji-eun had to make a judgment about what was what, brushing her long hair.
Then, in the end, I ran into difficulties in judgment.
“…”
While thinking, Jieun put down her phone and got up from the bed.
“Let’s hang out the laundry.”
Watching the broadcast, the laundry has already been done.
She got up, went to the bathroom, and took out the finished laundry from the washing machine.
Jieun put all her laundry in the orange laundry basket.
Then she went back to her room and opened the clothes dryer.
– Tak, Tak
Putting the clothes dryer on the side of the bed with its wings spread wide, Ji-eun began to hang her laundry.
She had a variety of underwear, such as panties and bras, clothes to wear at home, and clothes for going out.
There were various items, but since Ji-eun usually did the laundry quite often, there were not many of them, so there were quite a few seats left on the drying rack.
After Ji-eun hung out the laundry, she went back to bed and grabbed her phone.
In the broadcast, Kim Jwa-Ik and Lee Woo-Pan were still in a heated discussion.
Jieun liked watching the broadcast.
But she couldn’t be watching a broadcast about this coronavirus all day long.
‘What are you doing…’
Thinking about it, Song Ji-eun wondered if the confirmed cases around her had been updated.
So, I searched for confirmed cases by region on the Internet.
As the number of confirmed cases increased every minute, it seemed that the area around this goshichon could not be relieved.
Then, Jieun saw a surprising fact.
“Oh my God, the number of confirmed cases has increased in our area too!”
Looking at it, two new infected people were added in the vicinity of the goshichon.
One had nothing to worry about.
It was because this goshichon and dong were the same, but it was not completely this gosichon, but it was because I lived in a place far enough away that I had to go by bus.
But one of them was a confirmed case only three or four blocks from here.
In addition, he was a person attending a large academy, and he said that he had more than 500 contacts.
“This, what is this? The confirmed person goes to an academy?”
It’s been a while since the article appeared.
That was perhaps the fortunate thing.
It was because even after some time had passed, no additional confirmed cases he had infected were found, and it was only necessary for the confirmed cases to be quarantined separately.
But anyway, there were a lot of people he came in contact with, and even if he didn’t spread it anyway, whether he wore a mask well or not, there was something unsettling.
I don’t think I’ve infected anyone else yet, but I thought I should be more careful just because there was a confirmed person not so far away.
When Song Ji-eun heard the news, Lee Jin-hyeok came to mind.
‘Does Jinhyeok oppa have a mask?’
Song Ji-eun suddenly had the idea that she wanted to give Lee Jin-hyeok a large amount of masks.
For Song Ji-eun, Lee Jin-hyeok was someone she wanted to take care of.
Just looking at his face made me feel good.
Seeing Jin-hyeok talking, laughing, walking, passing by, everything like that, I liked Song Ji-eun.
Such a person would also be living together in this city, which is now turbulent with Corona.
It’s been a while since we’ve been in touch recently, but as soon as we heard the news that there were two more confirmed cases around here, the first thing that came to our mind was Lee Jin-hyeok, and we decided to give him some masks.
People who do volunteer work together, Pilates academy people, colleagues at the same public office… There were many people.
However, I did not feel the need to hand out masks to them.
However, it was different for Jinhyeok.
He seemed to be happy just to be able to do something for him.
As soon as she thought of that, Jieun decided to call Jinhyeok.
Being a bit nervous to make a phone call while lying on the bed, Jee-eun stood by the clothes dryer and called Jin-hyeok.
For some reason, just calling her made her heart pound.
-Turr… Turrure…
However, Jinhyeok did not answer the phone.
“Haa~.”
Still, Jieun wanted to take care of Jinhyeok.
Giving her a mask would be a pretty decent thing for now, she thought.
Even though she couldn’t reach Jinhyeok on the phone, Jieun had taken out her mask beforehand and she thought it best to have it ready to give to Jinhyeok right away.
Since she lives in the same building anyway, she was ready to deliver a box of masks if necessary.
There was no other reason.
It was just because he was good, and the good reason was because he was handsome.
Jieun thought.
The person who makes the time we spend together happy is Jinhyeok, but the person who makes people happy is a good person.
That’s why Jinhyeok is a good person and I was trying to help him.
Jieun went to her kitchen.
Then she went over to the big box in the corner on that side and she set the box down on the floor.
“Laugh~.”
She wasn’t heavy.
It was because the big box was none other than a box containing masks.
Ji-eun took out one of the medium-sized boxes inside the large box and set it down.
“Is this enough?”
When Ji-eun thought about it, Jin-hyeok was so absorbed in learning that it might be difficult for him to check his phone.
He also didn’t have much time to check his cell phone when he was preparing for the civil service exam.
Jieun had quite a few masks.
The reason was fine dust.
Jieun has lived with quite a few of her masks since before the coronavirus crisis.
Jieun has always been a worried person, and she is more alert than normal people when it comes to fine dust.
So, even if I could just walk around if it was a short distance, I tended to wear a mask from the beginning when I went to a place that was a bit far away.
Also, just looking at the sky, days with a lot of fine dust are not cloudy days, but there are quite a few days with white dust, so I paid more attention to fine dust on those days.
As a result, Jieun also had a lot of kf 94 masks, which cost more than 3,000 won per sheet these days, at a much cheaper price.
Before the corona virus, I thought fine dust was also extremely dangerous, but the reason was because of the concentration of heavy metals in fine dust.
This was because fine dust contains heavy metals such as zinc, lead, copper, arsenic, and cadmium, and even though it looks invisible, it gradually damages the kidneys and brain.
Ji-eun brought the mask box she took out, brought it into her room, and put it on the desk.
Looking at the box containing quite a few of those masks, Jieun smiled thinking that she could do something for Jinhyeok.
‘I have to give this box to Jinhyeok oppa. Let’s call again later, or put a text message.’
