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The Corona Virus Killers: South Korea

TLDR:

  • Korea used to be one of “the top countries infected with covid-19 cases” in the initial months of this pandemic
  • They IMMEDIATELY responded in extreme ways that controlled the virus like no other country which “flattened” the curve better than any other (many articles point to their success down below in the header “Articles highlighting Korea’s Pandemic Fighting Success“)

If you’ve been paying attention to the numbers for the recent pandemic, Korea, Italy and Iran (had in Korea’s case) had some of the worst statistics for Covid-19 after the initial outbreak started in China.  Unfortunately for Italy and even Iran, the cases still mark them as two of the worst hit countries from this virus to this day.  However, Korea has steadily fallen to the lower ranks for both cases and deaths and even better, deaths per million population.

Before you see the numbers in each country, check out what it costs to take care of one person in Korea for 19 days of hospital stay and to get them back to “healthy”:

Receipt of a recent recovered patient from Covid 19 in Korea

This would easily cost between $20-50,000 USD or more for that length of stay in the hospital & all the treatment in the United States.  Guess how much the patient paid?  Answer below. Continue reading “The Corona Virus Killers: South Korea”

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1.1 milllion+ People Dead: Daily Coronavirus Cases & Deaths Update

TLDR:

  • The world is NOT playing a joke on us here on April 1st!
  • The Coronavirus has surpassed 44 MILLION+ cases & 1.1 million+ deaths globally
  • The United States now leads in the total # of cases and is fast rising as a leader in deaths: 226,982+ at last count
The world is on (corona) fire

(outdated; need to update everything below this when I have time) In JUST 105+ days we already have:

10,451,961 cases & 509,187 deaths globally confirmed*** 

***as of 6/30/2020 Source

Before we jump into the daily changes in cases and death counts, check out this interesting new “Will coronavirus kill me? Calculator“.

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Jealousy and an inferiority complex are dominating my mind. I am a girl and I get upset when I see beautiful girls around many guys. Do many other girls feel like that?

Question from Quora – New Series where I share my answers I placed there and remove it from the unfair writing platform

(You’re) Completely normal.

While I’m not a girl, your question somehow landed at the top of my feed. Not sure why. However, if you were my daughter, I would tell you this:

All teens feel this

Other girls definitely feel that. So, do other boys — maybe even worse. Overall, it’s completely natural (as I’ve already said) to feel “inferior” especially given how much media are “in your face” literally every day, every hour and every second. If you’re like the millions, if not more than a billion teens throughout the world (looks like 1.2 billion), you’re just “coming into your own skin.”

If you’re a minority…

Not sure if you’re white (or another race), but if you’re in the minority, it’s possibly going to be even worse. Why? You see potentially the majority as “prettier” and you have less examples that look like you to be “more proud” or comfortable in your own skin. Continue reading “Jealousy and an inferiority complex are dominating my mind. I am a girl and I get upset when I see beautiful girls around many guys. Do many other girls feel like that?”

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What are your favourite K-pop songs of 2020 so far?

Updated: 6/30/2020

I’ve been enjoying three less than upbeat songs lately with Taeyeon’s “Happy” being the most:

The first is this song from a surprisingly compelling Kdrama titled “Itaewon Class.”  The show wasn’t your typical Korean production.  It even captured some of the best ratings in recent memory — I’d argue a strong OST helps.

Taeyeon is finally coming into her own (imho).  And her latest song hits on every cylinder for me:

Continue reading “What are your favourite K-pop songs of 2020 so far?”

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Prostate Cancer Support Groups in Seattle and More

Last night, I had one of the most wonderful experiences with a lovely couple who I met a couple years before.  These two were not only so enjoyable to hang out with the time before, but they absolutely blew me away last night giving me some incredible advice about the husband’s prostate cancer — which I had not learned about on the previous visit.

However, I also had not been diagnosed with “nodules” on my own prostate until most recently after deciding I would get things “checked out” and get my health in order for the first time (possibly  in my life).  So, it wouldn’t have even made sense to bring up that topic until this most recent event.

These two were absolutely amazing.  They intently listened to everything and are as hip as you can be.  Continue reading “Prostate Cancer Support Groups in Seattle and More”

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Why Analogies Can Help

Originally answered on Quora.

Why do analogies help?

Jesus Christ!

Just as much as me using a divine person’s name (to some) to express an emotion or feeling vs. just logically saying “I think that is the most stupid question I have ever heard” OR “How can you not know why analogies ‘help’?” OR “Wow, I can’t believe you don’t know, analogies have an amazing power.”

Like other rhetorical devices, the “alternative words” called “analogies” are used to help elucidate ideas, emotions or otherwise to people who can’t “get it” initially with a first explanation OR they need extra examples that help better clarify the concept or whatever point the source is trying to generate.

At birth, you have very little that you can understand because you have very few references. However, as you grow in age, you start to develop more and more points of references and so these “analogies” leverage those concepts you already have in your mind. And then when someone explains a new idea that is foreign to you, these analogies help you understand by leveraging the “other simpler concept” to help you build upon your understanding.

Analogies are so powerful that the top boarding school programs in the world use a test that focuses 1/2 of its 60 (verbal) questions on analogies. You can probably learn even more why they are so powerful by visiting the site or reading up on all the different analogies.

I guess I take back the first 2 thoughts I had initially when I read your question and maybe even the 3rd (from above). Depending on how young you are, perhaps these “silly” rhetorical devices might be still foreign in your mind.