When you have scientists modeling 2M deaths if we did nothing, really didn't have much of a choice, we knew next to nothing about the virus modes of transmission at the time. The reason SK didn't have to lock down is because they, like Taiwan, tracked all citizens by cell phone GPS so if someone got infected they could quarantine everyone they came in contact with in the prior week or two. Plus they immediately started testing on a massive scale.
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