Really simple. How many South Koreans lost their jobs? Zero. Bc their government swiftly implemented widespread testing, followed by contact tracing and complete isolation.
And South Korea ensured that ppl who had to stay home were compensated, and ensured that the quarantines were real and not some heh-heh-if-you’re-white-you-don’t-hafta joke.
The South Korean government wore masks to show ppl the risk was real and important, in contrast to Trump who mocked masks and mask-wearers, and taunted safer state governments to “liberate!”
All countries will share some level of economic decline as a result of the pandemic. But only the ones where heads of state mocked and taunted and lied and hid, instead of governing, have suffered record-smashing job loss.
