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Where in the World is Yongsan-gu?
South Korea, you say? Quarantine for two weeks, you say? In a very small apartment, you say? We say – why not? We have felt really lucky that were are able to quarantine in our Airbnb apartment. It was a little tricky getting all our luggage up the narrow stairs when we arrived from the airport, but we’re happy for the view of the street that a small second-floor patio has given us. Plus, there have been flooding monsoon rains falling basically since we arrived, so at least we have no flood concerns on the second floor! We have a living area, two small bedrooms, and a galley kitchen that…
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Adventure #2: How we traveled 6,700 miles for COVID tests (Part 2)
Part 1 of this post described our unsuccessful attempt to get tested for COVID-19 before leaving Philadelphia. What we found in Seoul is a completely different response system and a different set of priorities for managing the pandemic crisis. Here is the rest of our testing story, preceded by some background information I had fun researching. According to Business Insider, in early March the U.S. “had done fewer COVID-19 tests per capita than many other countries with large coronavirus outbreaks.” Conversely, by February 28, just a few weeks after identifying the first case of COVID-19 in South Korea, that country was able to conduct up to 15,000 tests per day.…
