“I’m afraid of the stigma instead of the confirmation from the crown … I blame myself for the confirmation.”

Check-in 2020.12.11 12:00

Statistics Korea Announces ‘Social Trends in Korea 2020’ Polling Adult Men and Women
Face-to-face service industry success … Distance classes are 50% of the effect of attending school

One study found that the damage caused by the stigma caused by the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is more terrible than the actual confirmation. It has been shown that there is a strong tendency to blame individual patients for COVID-19 infection. In addition, the number of confirmed cases of corona19 per 100,000 inhabitants was the highest among the 20. However, the mortality rate was highest in the elderly over 80 years of age. Teachers rated the effectiveness of the online classes that were held due to Corona 19 to be less than 50% of the class.

On the 11th, the National Statistical Office announced ‘Korea Social Trends 2020’ containing these details. This report surveyed adult men and women aged 18 and over and contained the social makeover caused by Corona 19. The survey consisted of 11 areas that included population, family and household, health, education, work, income and consumption , culture and leisure, housing and transport, environment, security and social integration.

◇ Corona is more afraid of stigma than confirmation … Patients are to blame for infection

In Korea, after the first corona19 confirmed on January 20 this year, the spread of the disease peaked in late February, but the second occurred after mid-August. Since then, it has been showing a third margin as it passed mid-November. On this day, 689 new Corona 19 cases were counted. Since the third Corona 19 epidemic, the newest confirmed cases have come out.

According to the report, at the beginning of the Corona 19 outbreak, in late February, when the number of confirmed cases increased rapidly, mainly in Shincheonji Church in Daegu, 63.5% of those surveyed said ‘I am afraid of being confirmed’ and ‘will be criticized and damaged for being confirmed. I am afraid the answers were almost the same.

However, since early March, the order was reversed as the number of responses fearing the stigma of confirmation increased rapidly. At the end of March, 58.3% of those surveyed said they were afraid of confirmation and almost 70% said they were afraid of the harm caused by stigma. This phenomenon lasted until the end of May and was not reversed until June. In the survey at the end of June, the fear of confirmation was 64.1%, more than the fear of stigma (58.1%).

An official from the National Statistical Office said: “At the beginning of the Corona 19 outbreak, fear of infection and fear of stigma were similar. Fear is analyzed to have increased,” he said. “However, as The Corona 19 incident was prolonged and the number of confirmed cases increased, people’s consciousness gradually changed, and fear of the underlying infection increased again. “

In fact, a similar pattern was shown in the question of claiming responsibility for the COVID-19 infection. In the case of the end of March, the highest score (2.8 points) was given to the question “The patient was able to stop the corona 19 infection by himself”. This means that there are many tendencies to blame individual patients for COVID-19 infection. Contrary to the response that they fear the harm caused by the stigma of the confirmed person, it is the way the confirmed person is held responsible for the infection. These responses gradually increased and amounted to 3.2 points at the end of June.

In addition, many respondents felt inequality in the process of overcoming the Corona 19 crisis, such as “the opportunity to offset the economic damage” and “the opportunity to work flexibly to prevent infections.” Respondents answered that there is inequality in 38.6% of compensation opportunities for economic damages and 32.5% of flexible work opportunities. However, less than half of 44.3% agreed with unreasonable quarantine measures that could potentially violate human rights, but 78.2% agreed that “human rights should be delayed to a lower priority” when the quarantine is enforced.

Meanwhile, the number of confirmed corona19 cases per 100,000 residents was the highest at 83.85 in its 20 years. Then, in the 60s (74.67), in the 80s (68.50), in the 70s (65.98), in the 50s (63.18), in the 30s (52.84) and in adolescence (34.39). In the case of 0-9 years old, who did not have much external activity and could try to prevent infection by their parents, the lowest was 19.81.

On the other hand, the mortality rate of Corona 19 was the highest with 19.45% for those over 80 years old. The overall fatality rate was calculated at 1.67%. When looking at the number of outbreaks by province, Jeju had the fewest confirmed cases at 9.69 per 100,000 residents. Seoul (74.34) and Daegu (295.96) had 8 and 30 times more than Jeju, respectively.

◇ Education hits the crown more than the IMF … “Remote class effect, less than 50% school attendance”

The National Statistical Office analyzed that face-to-face services such as wholesalers and retailers, food and accommodation, and educational services were the most affected by the Corona 19 incident. In 1997, during the financial crisis, the manufacturing and construction industries were different from the most affected.

In particular, in the educational services industry, the situation gap between Corona 19 and the financial crisis was wide. Even if a crisis hits, educational service industries such as academies are not seriously affected until the decline in purchasing power becomes severe. However, in this Corona 19 situation, sales have been down significantly since last February.

Additionally, teachers negatively rated the online classes in elementary, middle, and high schools that were held due to the Corona 19 incident.

In elementary schools after school online, classes using existing lecture videos (72.7%) were overwhelmingly common. Middle school (49.0%) and high school (50.3%) mainly use videos created by themselves. However, teachers who submitted assignments online did not exceed 5% in all elementary, middle and high schools. Additionally, 10% of respondents said they were using real-time interactive remote lessons.

Additionally, elementary school teachers were more skeptical than middle and high school teachers. 54.5% of primary school teachers rated the effectiveness of distance classes as less than 50% of the class. In particular, teachers responded that “the lack of education for social and relationship formation” was the most serious problem in distance classes.