This Photo Symbolizes Just How Much MERS Is Taking Over South Korea
A photo of South Korean wedding attendees wearing surgical masks to protect themselves from the Middle East respiratory syndrome MERS went viral this week. It turns out the photo was a joke, but it remains a symbol of how much fear of the disease has grown. The photo, which was taken at a wedding on Saturday in Seoul, spread quickly on social media. A wedding planner told the Agence France-Press that the attendees had spent the duration of the ceremony without masks, and they never wanted the posed mask photo to be taken seriously. MERS, which has no known cure, has killed nine people and left more than 2,800 quarantined in South Korea.