Insights on Sickness, Pandemic and Religious Coping.

Abstract

In the recent editorial, Hwang discussed views from 400 years ago about hallucinations in children with the plague. It is very interesting to learn that while scientific prevention and treatment measures are being implemented in Korea to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), traditional prescriptions and religious opinions are also being recommended [1]. Other culture and religions also share these religious and traditional beliefs. It has been suggested that plagues, sickness, and sin have a connection in some literature. There are some who argue that transcendence is the originator of sickness, while there are those who say it originated from evil [2].