South Korea was the poster child for the 'contain and vaccinate' strategy. However, it now has the same excess mortality as Sweden, and almost all South Korea's deaths occurred after the vaccine rollout.
South Korea has one of the world's highest vaccination rates. Yet by the end of March, mortality was 67% higher than normal – a greater increase than France saw during the first wave, before anyone was vaccinated.
The Omicron surge in South Korea has resulted in record deaths, reportedly leaving crematoriums and funeral homes struggling to cope, despite 87% of the country being double vaccinated and 63% triple vaccinated.
Covid alarmists are reporting on the situation in Hong Kong, saying it proves them right in the measures they have backed over the past two years. But deaths remain well below UK levels, and infections are dropping fast.
South East Asian countries are experiencing their deadliest Covid waves to date despite the milder Omicron variant being dominant and high vaccination rates. This was not part of anyone's plan.
A recent viral tweet implies that if the UK had used contact tracing like Korea, we could have achieved the same outcomes. Yet we ploughed £37 billion into Test and Trace, and it still failed to halt the epidemic.
Is the threat of hospitals being 'overwhelmed' or 'collapsing' really serious when South Korea claims it will happen if 'cases' go above just 4,000 a day?
