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https://www.france24.com/en/2020030...gainst-christian-sect-over-coronavirus-spread
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51701039
Madness.
Doctors twice recommended that she submit to coronavirus screening. Both times, the woman refused, the New York Times reported. But her health continued to deteriorate and, 10 days later, she could no longer refuse testing; on February 17, doctors examined her more closely and diagnosed a COVID-19 infection. They were never, however, able to establish how she had been exposed to the virus.
“Her behaviour is not surprising to people familiar with the church,” said Chung Yun-seok, a South Korean expert on religious cults. “To them, getting sick is a sin because it prevents them from doing God’s work.”
About 60% of the country's more than 4,000 confirmed cases are sect members. Deaths nationwide now stand at 28.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51701039
Madness.
Doctors twice recommended that she submit to coronavirus screening. Both times, the woman refused, the New York Times reported. But her health continued to deteriorate and, 10 days later, she could no longer refuse testing; on February 17, doctors examined her more closely and diagnosed a COVID-19 infection. They were never, however, able to establish how she had been exposed to the virus.
“Her behaviour is not surprising to people familiar with the church,” said Chung Yun-seok, a South Korean expert on religious cults. “To them, getting sick is a sin because it prevents them from doing God’s work.”
About 60% of the country's more than 4,000 confirmed cases are sect members. Deaths nationwide now stand at 28.
