Asian Boss, an online media platform, has conducted several interviews with Professor Woo Joo Kim, a South Korean infectious disease physician and scientist, since the beginning of this pandemic in early 2020.
Professor Kim has frontline involvement with previous infectious disease outbreaks such as SARS, H1N1, MERs, and Ebola.
His interviews are informative, balanced, reasoned, and on some issues, his vision is ahead of mainstream organizations like the WHO, CDC, and FDA. In this latest interview, Professor Kim covers wide-ranging topics on the current state of this pandemic, including:
- Basics of how the infection spreads
- Difference between flu and Covid 19,
- Three theories on the origin of the SARS CoV2 virus
- Explanation on variants
- The dominance of the Delta variant
- Importance of high vaccination rate
- Need for anti-viral treatments,
- Continued use of face mask and social distancing
- Breakthrough infections.
- Long Covid
- Need for booster shots
- Elimination versus living with the virus,
- Opening borders and travel bubbles
- Confirmation bias and conspiracy theories
- Political biases and scientific literacy.
Towards the end of the interview, his frustration with political decision-making globally is telling. And he ends the interview by calling for a global alliance to promote scientific literacy and communication to reach and inform ordinary people directly.
FINAL WORD
Set aside the 38 minutes to listen to the full interview1 and help contribute to Professor Kim’s vision of reaching out to ordinary people directly by resharing with your network.
Chai 。仁材 Chuah 蔡 Wellington, New Zealand 27th July 2021
Note: 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ3Yk01zWu8