Gangnam Style Banned from Playing in Korean Gyms to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus

This reads like a story you would read on a news satire site, but it is actually happening in South Korea:

Gyms in the capital area may need a new instrument in the fight against COVID-19 — a metronome.

As of Monday, the government has banned gyms in the greater Seoul area from playing music faster than 120 beats per minute (bpm) during group exercises.

That’s to prevent people from breathing heavily and accidentally getting saliva on each other — an extra precaution amid a record-breaking surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.

Yonhap

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don
don
3 years ago

Once the elections are over, this “panic” will miraculously subside….just like here in the US after our “election”

setnaffa
3 years ago

I don’t know, Don… I think the bureaucrats might need a swift kick in the ‘nads to straighten up and fly right.

Smokes
Smokes
3 years ago

Not sure what’s more embarrassing, government’s ability to shine stupid in a crisis, or the selfishness and apathy of it’s governed to allow it to continue.

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