Tokyo reports 7,825 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 49,210

15,876 tests in Tokyo 16/3

Under testing, under reporting.

Japan is a clear example of what NOT to do.... From the Diamond Princes to the Tokyo Olympics.

Under testing, under reporting.

And you under thinking for failing to understand even in 2022 that it makes no sense whatsoever to still be whining about the number of tests.

The only thing that can influence the government is the public opinion.

If we stop criticizing they will never do their job right.

It's unbelievable that there's no demonstrations against the handling of the pandemic.

The vast, if not all of the hospitalised are aged.

The politicians know this and there will be another Go To campaign but the ban on foreigners coming into the country will continue inexplicably...

All numbers falling now, so those afraid of Omicron despite its mildness can relax and begin to live normally again. As long as a deadlier variant doesn’t appear, whether from mutation or lab leak, then this should be the beginning of the end of the worldwide Covid problem.

FFS: Fact-check and just a fact .

Omicron is in FACT the deadliest variant of Covid in Japan to date. Rather you be old , morbidly obese, have other medical conditions, healthy teenagers , healthy children including but not limited to under 10yrs of age , omicron is deadlier than all other variants. And to compound just how much more virulent it is , when delta was running wild , only 20% of responsible adults were vaccinated. When omicron started , 81% of responsible adults were vaccinated. Thank goodness all be it a late start : but thank goodness for the jgov getting vaccines up and running when they did .

Another day of flat numbers . So much for patently false statements and predictions. We’re stuck on a plateau. And this is with very limited testing . Seems it’s still time to enact some of these draconian restrictions people have been whining about that we’ve truly never had here. If it wasn’t such a serious issue, it would be laughable at the misinformation and naysaying that goes on.

If we stop criticizing they will never do their job right.

after 2 years of whinging about numbers, has anything changed ? ( besides your stress level )

I just wish the Go To campaign would return and help offset the cost.

Surely over these last two years, people have saved up enough to pay for a trip themselves without relying on a government handout

The vast, if not all of the hospitalised are aged.

Tell that to my 27-yo female friend w/o co-morbidities who spent two weeks in the hospital and was pretty close to the edge. Anyone regardless of age can draw an unlucky hand in terms of genetic risk factors. It's rare, fortunately, but not as rare as you'd hope.

All numbers falling now, so those afraid of Omicron despite its mildness can relax and begin to live normally again

Steve, with all respect, I think this is a bit of a flaw in the way you approach this.

You often seem to regard people who look at the numbers rationally as ‘afraid’ of Omicron.

I remember a poster mentioning rising numbers and hospitalizations in the past, an objective fact, and the automatic, quite emotional, reaction from some was the poster was living in fear. He or she just posted an objective fact.

Totally unreasonable.

I got in a few exchanges earlier on in this pandemic who were totally overreacting, and those who were pumping out a mind-numbingly repetitive narrative no matter what was happening in a fluid situation.

A bit of nuance and openness to a changing situation, and less knee-jerk reactions is perhaps more advisable.