Japan reports 77,722 new coronavirus cases

Media do only focus on the number of infections, not death. Because it concerns old people. and vaccinated.

When younger people and non vaxxed people were dying, because of the alpha/delta variant, this was the prime news. Technically, there is no point to mainly focus on the number of infection.

I had covid, symptoms were between a cold and influenza, like most.

@didou,

you cannot compare your flu experience of covid to how it impacts everyone else. There are various factors from a cellular level that come into play when it comes to how much it impacts an individual. For myself and many other athletes we have been struck down hard by covid 19 unexpectedly with long term complications. This is why this illness should not be taken lightly by anyone.

Living with Covid is the only solution. Take care if elderly and if you are obese, it’s time to change your lifestyle and become healthier.

The protection from current vaccines offers little protection and that wanes fast.

The protection from current vaccines offers little protection and that wanes fast.

Really? That's news to me. What would advise people to do?

I was out again last night and several different venues with friends and customers.

I must have natural immunity but the postcards keep coming.

The authorities aren’t interested in my experience with the virus but strangely enough for the latest booster shot which is ineffectual as the virus is constantly mutating.

I keep my diet healthy and plenty of vitamin supplementation has aided my health to suppress infection for years now.

Funnily enough those simple facts aren’t made obvious enough to the masses for some reason!

Considering

The protection from current vaccines offers little protection and that wanes fast.

Should I visit the village shaman and get some charms to protect me from pestilence?

FFS....Just to put some numbers on your ambiguous "wanes fast" statement.

The protection offered by both the vaccines or exposure to and recovery from the (or any coronavirus) declines over time. Generally, a person is protected from serious illness for 6-10 months after the vaccine or prior exposure. Your mileage may differ depending on your health and certain genotypes.

Get vaxed people! Chop-chop!

Me? No thanks.

Interesting to see not a single mask in Qatar in the huge crowds seen in the fan zone. Despite all the criticism, even they seemed to have moved on and are treating this as an endemic virus that is not the threat it once was. The fear isn't healthy.

Can’t safely learn to “live with Covid” until people stop dying FROM it ! Covid can be eradicated…. But it would take a global commitment to do so .!. Luckily there are safe and effective vaccines to help get us there .!. There are still those peddling the patently false information about the “elderly and obese.” News flash, Covid kills in all age and health groups .!. And NO… some collateral damage is not acceptable.!. I was lucky enough to see my great grandparents alive .!. Everyone else should be so fortunate.!.

@Brian William MeissnerToday 05:22 pm JST

I understand well the risks and that covid affects everyone differently. (Personally, I do not know anyone with long term effect)

you cannot compare your flu experience of covid to how it impacts everyone else.

You are right but since Omicron, all people I know who had covid had light symptoms. Even family members at risk due to age and diabetes. So, I reiterate my words, for most, it is something between the usual cold and the flu.

The point for the post was mainly that the news titles always refer to the number of infections here in Japan. As you know, it is common to only read the title, and that is the info left in our mind

No covid cannot be eradicated. Obv.

Safe and effective vaccines - definitely debatable and contradicts your point about people still dying from it. But the option is there for all who want it.

Not all are equally vulnerable to covid by a long shot. It's clear the highest risk is age. Obesity/diabetes and those with underlying health conditions are also far more at risk. Men are also far more at risk - something not often talked about. But then neither is obesity risk.

Thankfully the risk of death to all - even the elderly with pre-existing conditions is relatively small. I should know as I know a fair few who are in the group and who got covid. All got through it thankfully and now have that natural immunity boost which will hold them in good stead in a world that has long since accepted living with it.

Omicron has been and continues to be the deadliest variant of Covid in Japan.!. These delusional statements about how mild it has been … just wow .!. There were no vaccines for alpha, beta , or delta …… yet omicron has killed more people this year here …/ and would be a lot worse but for the safe and effective vaccines.!. The vaccines have performed precisely as advertised.!. To lower your chances of having a bad outcome.!. Basic science.!.

@didu it’s perfectly normal for you and those you know not to be struck down by it as long Covid impacts 5% of the population. I know people that started their long Covid journey as late as August of this year so it is very much still an issue.

Omicron is milder. Fact. This was seen everywhere - starting with South Africa that saw an explosion in cases but not hospitalisations. The UK followed next. And so on.

The vaccines are far less effective against it however. This is also a fact. But given that so many have had it at least once the natural immunity accrued is only good obv.

Recorded deaths may seem higher but that is probably down to deaths being recorded with covid even if that wasn't the chief cause. More a matter of higher prevalence in the community. You may recall this was the case when omicron first emerged and a lot of the MSM were running stories that it was a big threat to kids and resulting in record hospitalisations. It wasn't. It was just more prevalent in the community so more kids who were going to hospital for unrelated reasons we're testing positive for it. This too was a fact yet I don't recall the backtracking or corrections. That doesn't get clicks. Fear does.

Reminder that deaths are as low now as they ever were globally. So yes, time to really stop the fear. It isn't helping anyone now - especially the children. Next steps:

stop reporting these daily tallies like it's still Feb 2021

stop masking outside (which is obv unscientific anyway but creates a culture of fear and is just wrong)

Let kids be kids and drop all masks in educational settings like they did everywhere else. And no - schools didn't implode and children, who were never statistically at risk, didn't start dropping dead.

some children are now in their third year of schooling and have never seen their teacher's face when reading them a story. Scary what impact all this is having in terms of social and emotional development.

Those who want to keep vaxxing, triple masking and staying home are well within their rights to do so.

The last seven waves and all those discussions and daily death tolls could have been avoided. NoCovid strategy now! Better late than never.

Not sure the UK is a third world country but then again I see your point.

Regardless omicron is milder and borders are irrelevant.

Japan seemed better earlier on but like Korea and Taiwan etc the mitigations in place where never going to stop the inevitable. No wonder worse outcomes are happening in this area of the world now while everywhere else has moved on.

Still, the Japanese are not worried going by how packed everywhere is. So the reporting is not needed. It just perpetuates fear when most don't need it.

The masks are nonsense and also unhelpful. Harming children is very alarming and really needs to be addressed asap.

As long as you agree with that point then fair enough. If you don't then that misguided alarmism really is the bigger problem here.

Japan reports 77,722 new coronavirus cases

A larger number of cases than several other countries combined.

Japan's strategy has been criticized by the international community since day one.

At the same time, several other Asian countries have had great success with their approach and have been lauded by international experts.

Sven

No Covid policy is impossible unless everyone is in lockdown forever