Phantom in Seoul to resume performances

Worth watching THIS.  The climate in South Korea is very different.

^^^ I applaud S.K. for taking measures, drastic though they were, because it's proof that it worked/is working. Some semblance of normalcy is restored. And I want to get through this mess as quickly as the next person does. However, I'm not a fan of privacy invasion. I don't think privacy and public health need to be on unequal footing, we can care about both equally and get things done without invading privacy. Just like closure and "stay at home" measures, privacy laws serve a purpose too. They keep tyranny at bay. I might have to ask my cousin who lives there what he thought of their measures from a privacy POV, because though the measures worked, I question the privacy aspect. And if I haven't made it clear on other threads, I DETEST most current U.S. leadership, particularly the federal level. Some state/local leaders have done better, but I'm not a real fan of anyone. But "never waste a crisis" and "sacrificing liberty for security" are still timeless truths for a reason. And I'll make something else clear...I'm not "tin foil hat", I know those people who parrot not taking the future vaccine because it'll inject you with chip tech, this was faked (these people literally ask if anyone actually knows anyone who's contracted this...), etc, you know the ones. And I want to smack them all. But that doesn't mean one can't/shouldn't be wary of potential power grabs. This applies to both "sides" and every move they both make need close examining. 

I especially don't trust sacrificing personal data like this with this administration. While it's immensely useful, it's also incredibly hard to wind something like this back once it's not as necessary.

Thank you Lizzie and Fosse. Although after doing some bare bones research, S.K. seems to have extremely  sophisticated technology that allows for aggressive measures but not encroach on civil liberties. And it doesn't entirely shock me when I think about it. S.K. is a country that has, and continues, to develop at such a high rate in what seem to be all the right ways. No system is perfect, but they seem to know what the heck they're doing. 

Dancing, I'm with you on right to life 100%. But authoritarian states are much bigger killers than any modern disease and are the ultimate violator of that right to life. Remember the analogy of a frog in a water pot. A slow erosion of civil liberties ultimately leads to violating the right to life. I have NO issue staying home to keep myself and others from getting this, but humans generally suck at doing what's best for the collective whole. If we all stayed home/distanced like we should (not that there's anywhere to go or anything to do anyway...) measures like these wouldn't be necessary. I feel like Cuomo put everything on pause but didn't say "You can't leave your home unless it's for essentials" because he felt it would encourage us all to distance, just from having nothing to do. We can't entirely avoid death in pandemics, especially when it's a novel disease that we don't everything about, now matter how much it hurts my idealistic self to say. But we can mitigate as best we can.