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l_davis | 5 years ago

Not surprising. Haven't seen much if anything of him in the media since he announced Japan's complete victory over Covid 19 right before things started reopening.

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bamboozled|5 years ago

Just to clarify, that its' definitely not been a complete victory.

More like a nice display of "selective testing" so the numbers always look acceptable.

henearkr|5 years ago

Japan just passed the peak of the second wave.

It seems like the situation is slowly improving, and is on the good slope, but the epidemic is very much still alive.

I always look at the "要入院" (people needing hospitalization) curve on the graph, rather than the "新規" (new cases) curve, because it cannot be manipulated as easily by changes in testing policies. I use the following site:

https://newsdigest.jp/pages/coronavirus/

l_davis|5 years ago

I was being sarcastic; should not have assumed that would have been understood.

Certainly room for improvement regarding Japan's Covid's management strategy, but I live in the US so shouldn't really throw stones from my glass house.