Japan reports 76,002 coronavirus cases

Awesome only 12 people in hospital with severe symptoms! Must be time to open the borders and remove the masks! Covid has no become a cold…..

Oita was a record high too.

Itll be interesting to see if this surpasses the standing all time peak in february, that trajectory looks like a rocket launch. As per usual the doctor visits and inpatients will lag a week or two behind registered cases.

I would say, the viruses very well survive and form new waves already in the third year, because of permanent downplaying and underestimating. You still laugh, and that’s ok, but for still how long? One in 4000 has died, LongCovid is a severe problem for quite a percentage although still under the public radar, and also globally the life expectancy has already decreased about two years on average. No time for panic, admitted, but even more no time or reason for ignoring it.

No amount of lockdowns, masks, border controls etc will stop this virus or at least not to any measurable length. Time for Japan to syncronise with the rest of the world.

Remember when it was all about deaths, and now it's cases.

Time for Japan to syncronise with the rest of the world.

They never will, and although can be a bit vexing at times it's part of the charm of the place.

I'm expecting the summer festivals & events to start getting cancelled if this goes on into next week. I hope to god that the government doesn't start with the quarantine nonsense at the borders again though.

Record high!

And there is still a push to be vaccinated?

How about not coming in contact with people from outside the household as a way to eliminate transmission as the CDC advises?

How about not coming in contact with people from outside the household as a way to eliminate transmission as the CDC advises?

That's called a 'Lockdown' I believe. Something that they can't enforce and the people won't do, especially in high summer.

ClippetyClopToday  06:47 pm JST

That's called a 'Lockdown' I believe. Something that they can't enforce and the people won't do, especially in high summer.

Just have the government or some former idol tell the people to stay in and they will listen.

Zia and EstebanToday  05:04 pm JST

Sanjin, you have made the same point every day for what feels like years.

your point? We should move on or we should all live in caves and not have human contact???

Just have the government or some former idol tell the people to stay in and they will listen.

Fair point.

Listen they might, obey they will certainly not. They never really have.

I do wonder are they going to implement travel restrictions again.. I said in March that we would have a small window to travel again - and genuinely hope that many of you took advantage of it to see family and friends overseas.

I wouldn't put it past the current government to re-implement travel restrictions and another SoE.

It is interesting to see how successful the vaccine reduces the spread of the virus among a population with a vaccination rate over 80%.

Awesome only 12 people in hospital with severe symptoms!

Really? Then please tell me how in the world that Okinawa alone has 14?

It is interesting to see how successful the vaccine reduces the spread of the virus among a population with a vaccination rate over 80%.

Interesting that folks still dont understand what the purpose of a vaccine is all about. Particularly after nearly 3 years of COVID.

Vaccinations DO NOT prevent infections!

Vaccinations DO NOT prevent infections!

I know!

My post was sarcastic, because there are still many people around who still believe that the Vaccine DO prevent infections, especially a particular poster here, who is telling us here nonstop that the vaccine DO prevent infections.

My post was sarcastic,

Rather hard to tell really, I would not have commented as I did if you had mentioned it somewhere, even a (j/k) or something. Reread what you wrote, it does sound "serious".

Thanks for the clarification!

No they are not!

As I have posted MANY TIMES and got thumbed down. You CAN'T kill a virus covid is here to stay might as well get use to it!

My post was sarcastic, because there are still many people around who still believe that the Vaccine DO prevent infections,

You mean specialists and experts? that is because they do, the problem is again you believing that if something is not 100% effective it automatically becomes 0% effective, which makes no sense. Which is why you stopped trying to refute the argument (but still repeat the original mistaken claim).

How about not coming in contact with people from outside the household as a way to eliminate transmission as the CDC advises?

You have still not provided a reference for this supposed advice, meanwhile the CDC explicitly calls for vaccination to reduce transmission.

I’m triple vaxxed, never wear a mask, and go out in public every day. Haven’t caught the Covid. The vaxx works.

Just sayin’

Have to write this. Have been in Italy for the last 11 days, zero masks, zero covid panic, huge number of daily infections, everybody keeps on living. I’m having it now, first 4 days were rather bad, now much better. The crazy thing is I don’t know when I will be negative in a pcr because they’re super sensitive, so no clue when I can fly back. Japan doesn't need to be as relaxed as Europe but a bit of common sense and some level of “chillnes” would really help. 90% have been 3 or 4 times vaccinated so why can’t this country calm down for once? Yes you feel a bit crappy for a couple frog days, wish it to no one, but if you’re vaccinated live can go on. Man Japan, can’t wait to fly back but they could really chill out a bit

I’m triple vaxxed, never wear a mask, and go out in public every day. Haven’t caught the Covid. The vaxx works.

I’m unvaxxed (for SARSCoV2), rarely wear a mask, and go out in public every day. Haven’t caught the Covid. My colleagues and students all had to take at least a day off after vaccination; I never had to do that.

My natural immune system works.

My natural immune system works.

So was in the case of healthy young victims, until it did not.

The whole point of vaccinating is that natural immune system works, else vaccinating would not be indicated, it is just that it has been proved scientifically that after vaccination the immune system works better and at the time of infection there are less complications and risk of death. Since vaccines are much less risky than the natural infection the rational decision is to vaccinate

(and no, the preprint reporting vaccines as giving more problems than what they prevent has been already repeatedly debunked as a misleading piece of pseudoscience https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/dont-do-this/ )

You have still not provided a reference for this supposed advice, meanwhile the CDC explicitly calls for vaccination to reduce transmission.

Oh, I see where your misunderstanding comes from.

You are confusing the words "eliminate" with "prevent".

In the medical world, those two words have vastly different meanings.

And the CDC, as a global authority, carefully chooses its word selection, so if it is difficult to comprehend the vocabulary used, that would result in misunderstanding and ultimately making illogical comments and fallacious analogies.

You are confusing the words "eliminate" with "prevent".

No confusion, you have produce no reference where the CDC recommended isolation as a realistic way to eliminate transmission nor as a better alternative than vaccines to prevent it. Zero. Semantics do not apply when you have no evidence of either.

And the CDC, as a global authority...

Your mistaken argument was that a scientific authority required legal authority as well (which is not the case) if the CDC is a global authority according to you, does it mean it can force Japan to follow their guidelines? you are again contradicting yourself.