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Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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The Cultural Analysis of 2010-2011 Foot and Mouth Disease Massacre in Korea

2010-2011년도에 발생한 구제역 살처분 원인에 대한 문화 분석

  • Kim, Seon-Kyung (Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Eun (Division of Health Promotion Research, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs) ;
  • Paek, Do-Myung (Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
  • 김선경 (서울대학교 보건대학원 환경건강직업연구실) ;
  • 김지은 (한국보건사회연구원 건강증진연구실) ;
  • 백도명 (서울대학교 보건대학원 환경건강직업연구실)
  • Received : 2011.04.11
  • Accepted : 2011.04.20
  • Published : 2011.04.30
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Abstract

Between January 2010 and March 2011, there were three outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in South Korea. Over 3.45 million animals (5,660 farms) were slaughtered, which was 33.3% of the existing pigs, 8.4% of dairy cows and 3.4% of cattle. FMD disaster costs were estimated at around three billion Korean won. Nine civil servants were killed, over 150 people were wounded and 4,788 landfills were confronted with a pollution problem. Vaccination and slaughter are the two basic alternatives for eradication of FMD. Altho ugh slaughter is more violent, risky and expensive than vaccination, the Korean government had chosen only slaughter eradication by the end of 2010. Even though over three million animals were killed, FMD spread out over most of the country. Finally, the government chose to begin vaccination. Following vaccination, outbreaks decreased dramatically. The purpose of this report is a cultural analysis of the related decision-making process, laws and systems. For the culture analysis, we utilize interviews, symposiums, laws, FMD manual, government reports and press releases. In conclusion, we found that the FMD massacre was influenced by cultural and organizational factors. The cultural factors were economism, cheapening of the value of life, biased perceptions and fears. The organizational factors were a closed process of decision-making, monopoly system, a small homogeneous group and group-think. Therefore, more studies will be needed for those factors of FMD disasters in national-scale cases.

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