As the infection of the Corona19 group spreads around the Itaewon Club visitors, some argue that an environment should be set up for sexual minorities to be tested safely.

On the 7th, there were rumors that sexual minorities were concentrated in the club of Itaewon, visited by a certain confirmer, and stimulating articles poured out with the expression 'Itaewon gay club', saying that 'they are the culprit who broke the quarantine system'. The blame for Korea has erupted. In fact, there was also a sarcastic slogan on the front door of an apartment in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, saying, "I wish I could go to the business and dance and become a definite person."

Professor Seung-Seop Kim, professor of health policy management at Korea University, is concerned about 'outing' (sexual orientation or sexual identity being forcibly disclosed by others) and hateful sexual minorities who are afraid of being denied access to screening and treatment. I declared that I would take the lead in making it.

The day after the related article came out, Professor Kim said on his social media, "I am going to work as a doctor at Corona 19 Selective Clinic at Eunpyeong-gu Public Health Center in Seoul from 3 pm to 7 pm this Sunday." , "We will do our best to be screened without any stigma or discrimination (including sexual minorities)."


In addition to Professor Kim, other experts in the field of infection also reinforced this opinion that the one-sided atmosphere of social aversion is not conducive to prevention.

Professor Kim Woo-ju, professor of infectious medicine at Guro Hospital, Korea University, criticized that "the place and time that a patient has been visited only needs to be revealed, but personal privacy such as gender identity is repeated." Prime Minister Jung Se-gyun also said, "If the contact person is afraid of the accusation and he evades the diagnostic test, the damage will be left to our society as a whole."

Jung Eun-kyung, head of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said yesterday (10th) regarding various concerns about the disclosure of patients' personal information. I will do it. "

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(Photo = Yonhap News, Professor Seung-Seop Kim Facebook)