“The life of K quarantine is over. Uniform industry regulations should disappear. Next to the lit-up demonstration (against the government quarantine rules) is the refusal to pay taxes. Since the rights have been violated, I do not intend to fulfill my obligations. This is the collapse of the social system. The authorities stop it.” (Sung-won Lee, Secretary General, Federation of Korean Small and Medium Business Owners)
“In MERS and SARS, such a management improvement plan should have come out enough, but I don’t know what you did. What else did you do in the past year. I’m really sorry.” (Geon-Gyu Yoo, Secretary General of the Federation of Korean Merchants)
The’Open Discussion for Social Distancing System Reorganization’ held at the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 9th was, in a nutshell, a venue for the small business man, Toro, who was angry. Small businessmen are threatened with livelihoods due to the government’s quarantine measures, such as prohibition of gatherings and restrictions on operating hours and personnel, as the 2.5 steps in the metropolitan area and the second steps in the non-metropolitan area continued for about 10 weeks.
Discussing compensation for losses … “Not just for subsidies”
If the first discussion session previously held focused on the evaluation of the existing distancing system, the second discussion meeting held on this day was a place to discuss improvement measures. Heads of organizations related to small businesses were invited to hear the voices of the field.
On the afternoon of the 9th, the 2nd public debate is being held at the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Jung-gu, Seoul, to reform the social distancing system. Newsis
The most complaints were related to equity and compensation. “The biggest reason self-employed people are angry is because of quarantine rules and social stigma that are not in fairness,” said Lee Seong-won, secretary general of the Korean Federation of Small and Medium Business Owners. “I send text messages to workplaces, schools, and hospitals not to use self-employed facilities. This is the modern version of scarlet letters, If it’s not a witch hunt, what’s it?” As President Lee cried during his speech, the debate chairman became quiet for a while. He also said, “As the story of the 4th disaster subsidy came out, the talk of compensation for losses went back into it.” He emphasized.
Some pointed out that there was a lack of dialogue between the field and the government. “The state pushed unilaterally without dialogue and said,’Follow me’, but what happened as a result?” said Yu Kun-gyu, Secretary General of the National Federation of Merchants. “The government sufficiently collected the opinions of industry representatives and workers, and continuously conducted field investigations to take measures. “Please make me” he asked. President Lee Seong-won also complained, “People who suffer from this have been pushed out of the field in quarantine measures to save people.”
In a PC room in Gangseo-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 7th, a lighting demonstration is in progress to turn on the store even though it is not open, protesting the restrictions on business hours related to COVID-19 prevention. New Coronavirus Infectious Disease (Corona 19) Response National Self-Employed Emergency Measures The committee (non-subcommittee) said, “The uniform business hours restrictions that ignore equity and rationality between industries should be abolished”, and if there is no action by the quarantine authorities after the three-day lit-up demonstration, the quarantine dissatisfaction opening of the store even after 9 p.m. I plan to hold a protest. News 1
“When the distance is reorganized, it should be simplified to 5 steps → 3 steps”
On the reorganization of the distancing system, an opinion was suggested that it should be simplified. Professor Kimoran of the National Cancer Center said, “The current 5th step was created with the aim of precisely adjusting the steps, but as a result, there was a problem that lowered the predictability of the general public.” “You need to be able to step up quickly when the number of patients increases,” he said.
Currently, in addition to the weekly average daily number of confirmed cases, the stage is adjusted in consideration of seven auxiliary indicators, which has been criticized for being belated every time. Professor Ki said, “When the number of patients is rapidly increasing, it is necessary to raise the stage if they meet at least one of the various criteria, and to do it only when all the criteria are met.” It is also worth considering the establishment of a disease policy research institute that evaluates.”
He stressed that it is necessary to supplement the quarantine rules for multi-use facilities, which have filed a number of complaints by small business owners, by minimizing the prohibition of gathering. Park Hye-kyung, director of infectious disease policy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, “We will reorganize in a direction that minimizes rapid changes according to stages and reduces confusion through public participation.”
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