Talk:2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea

Is the statistics table necessary?
I can see the rising number of deaths and cases. The table might attract readers, but is prose enough to help readers understand the topic without the table? --George Ho (talk) 04:27, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa uses a table. If the outbreak persists long enough it might be worthwhile setting the table to be collapsed by default. JKDw (talk) 06:09, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Source in Table
I do not think the source in Table is needed because all of the source are from the Ministry of Health and Welfare as written in the body text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.189.254.4 (talk) 05:01, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I made that column by the apparently false assumption that there would be different sources for different updates. JKDw (talk) 11:41, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

A ring or donut graph
The WHO used a ring or donut graph to show cases, deaths (http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/sudan%20yellow%20fever.pdf). I think it's kind of a striking image, although I know data viz gurus would say use a bar chart. Works better for the recovered, dead, under treatment data, sinceit's clear that deads are not within recovereds like deads are included in cases in the other graph. Here's a draft: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Draft_plot_for_MERS_in_South_Korea_article.png juanTamad 04:44, 29 June 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtamad (talk • contribs)

Adding information on the government response
It seems like this article is lacking information on the government's response to this outbreak. Such information could be added either under the "Effects" section or under its own heading. Is there a need for this information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlevi (talk • contribs) 12:02, 17 July 2015 (UTC)


 * The Korean Wikipedia article has some article pertaining to this in the "reactions" section. It also notes international reactions to the outbreak. We could incorporate information from there. Unfortunately, the sources are in Korean so we could have to go through the tedious process of checking every reference and trying to interpret the broken translations that Google offers. Elspamo4 (talk) 15:38, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. I might vet the information in a day or two.
 * Jlevi (talk) 16:34, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea → 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak – This is the only 2015 coronavirus outbreak, so the country is not needed. Seventyfiveyears (talk) 13:26, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:36, 11 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Adding "in South Korea" is useful information. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:37, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

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