Tokyo reports 8,131 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 50,949

The question is, What percentage of population is infected?

Only a handful of people gets tested, there's no use for this.

We need significant data, like every other developed country has.

bokudaToday  06:32 pm JST

The question is, What percentage of population is infected?

Only a handful of people gets tested, there's no use for this.

We need significant data, like every other developed country has.

Every other developed country are testing who has no symptoms at all? What a waste.

My predictions have proved to be correct as have the others during the pandemic. Hopefully the doomsday guys will stop now and realise this is all under control and we need to learn to live with Covid. This includes all of us, even those still living in fear.

Thomas I said peak is in end of January, early Feb and that serious cases and deaths would follow a few weeks later. I also said that the overall national numbers would fall but some less populated regions my see increases

Time to open up and move on! People the world over have had enough!

Just logged in to say: glad cases are decreasing. @FFS, except that both sides use “naysayers” with often-conflicting meaning, you have been on the right page for a long time.

What matters most is I think Japan is getting up-to-speed with global acceptance of the situation - this is my opinion based mostly on my Japanese friends’ perspectives and very little on Japanese news media which will never catch up.

Oh, and I hope by now we all understand you can’t make solid conclusions from these numbers except that you can’t draw any solid conclusions. Hats off to those who agreed with this 18 months ago…

peace

I don’t know of a single person who doesn’t have Covid lag. But to post anything about “opening up” “moving on” or “learn to live with” about anything Covid as it pertains to Japan, must not have lived here for these past 2 years. Because other than the border, Japan has NEVER been closed. And every country has had some form of border controls/restrictions in place . Most still do . But all this “open up” whining is just that . The jgov hasn’t taken Covid seriously from day 1. Lack of or very minimal testing has never changed . Except for further limitations by not testing close contacts. If you’re planning on itnl travel anytime soon; better make sure you’re vaccinated and boasted , and prepared to fork out 27000¥ for rapid PCR testing at the airport. That’s a scam in itself. I agree with having to be vaccinated and having proof of a negative PCR test , but the current cost is ridiculous. As for having this “under control.” That’s another patently false statement . It’s no longer just the old , fat , and sick people dying from Covid . Japan has quietly started reporting the deaths of children…. Under 10. Go tell the parents of these kids that it’s time to get over the loss of their child , and learn to live with Covid while also trying their best to cope with the DEATH of their child. This disaster will be “under control “ when hospitals aren’t over stuffed. When there isn’t a single symptomatic person in a hotel or worse , sent home to recuperate or die . When the healthcare system isn’t on the brink of total collapse. When the highly irresponsible and outright selfish attitudes and actions of the small minority get vaccinated, stop purposefully trying to catch and further spread this virus . It’s incredibly rich that someone makes all these patently false statements, spreads misinformation, and at the same time has been spreading the fear that we’re all going to catch Omicron and that it cannot be stopped. Well , scientific fact , omicron is the deadliest variant of Covid in Japan to date. It’s also the most virulent. Add in a few spoonfuls of regurgitated fallacies, very dangerous behaviors, and false claims of correct yet very incorrect predictions, and you’ll agree …. This is no where near “under control.” I’d say we need a lockdown but that gets met with more patently false statements. So I’ll say we need the jgov to enact and enforce some serious restrictions. Maybe those that keep whining about restrictions can give them some advice of what restrictions would be better than the virtually nonexistent ones that they keep whining about. So yah … it’s not time to go full speed ahead yet . It’s time for adults to start acting like responsible adults so children will stop dying from Covid.

And one more time, data, stats , studies , or other blanket and vague statements about “other countries” do not apply here in Japan. Specifically because omicron is in fact the deadliest variant of Covid in Japan to date. Imagine how much worse it’d be compared to delta or alpha in Japan if the responsible masses weren’t vaccinated. Of 26000 deaths , 5300 are from omicron in a much shorter time frame . I don’t deny fact based statistics. But when stats or data is just some false statements, same as vaccines are less effective than actually having Covid. Another patently false and outright dangerous statement.