Japan eyes introduction of quick coronavirus antigen test

Simulate? How about doing the real thing?

And there’s that word again; “considering”

meanwhile my friend in seoul says he gets tested every time he walks out of his apartment bldg

Who is responsible for this jumbled lack of response in Japan?

The Japanese people are being let down big time!

It would be rainbows and butterflies if the test also induced confidence in the people.... but seeing as the results are inaccurate, we’ll, there you have it. I’d love to be tested though.

Wouldn’t there be some privacy issues or something to work through first?

The Japanese people are being let down big time!

They are sleeping in the y bed they’ve made.

meanwhile my friend in seoul says he gets tested every time he walks out of his apartment bldg

That the RoK has had a far more advanced response to this than Japan must really burn a lot of Japanese people. Stop hating and start emulating, Japan.

Why do these authorities have to make everything so difficult? These antigen tests can be done with a pin-p.r.ic.k. and results back in 15 minutes.

Pin-P r i c k is not improper language by the way!

Finally!!!

Doing what should have been done two months ago!!!

Slowly,slowly, but good This test is necessary.

I Love How Japan Is Handling this Pandemic!, Not to say they are wrong, But how unbelievably SLOW.

Here are some examples of my favorite words I read daily.

Evaluating,

Testing,

Monitoring,

Considering,

Looking At,

Eyeing,

Consulting,

And then my favorite " Waiting to see"

Here are some examples of my favorite words I read daily.

You forgot "urging" and more "urging", "seeking to....", "discussing".... and many more.

In short: waffling about anything and everything and "do shiyo" - not knowing what to do..

@Mark

There’s one you might also add

‘urging’

Here are some examples of my favorite words I read daily.

Ever tried to do a simple task at the city hall or report a found wallet? A country with a minister of cybercrime who can’t use a computer...

Japan was warned about COVID19 in January. Now sometime in May they will consider testing. Only problem is that now, THERE ARE NO HOSPITAL BEDS!

Get safe free testing sites operational. Thank you.

Japan was warned about COVID19 in January. Now sometime in May they will consider testing. Only problem is that now, THERE ARE NO HOSPITAL BEDS!

The WORLD was warned about COVID19 in January, actually before that and with few exceptions, no country took it seriously from that point.

Oh there are plenty of hospital beds, just not one's that are capable of handling quarantine patients. There are literally thousands of small to medium sized hospitals throughout the country that could be used for asymptomatic or mild cases, but the government does not want to go that route, as it puts even more medical workers in the line of fire. Hence using hotels and other facilities, and they are actually cheaper to use than the hospitals.

Pin-P r i c k is not improper language by the way!

The Scunthorpe problem.

These antigen tests can be done with a pin-p.r.ic.k. and results back in 15 minutes.

No, that would be for the antibody test. That is another test that should be widespread. For every confirmed case, there are likely 50 to 100 people who were infected and didn't even know it, and are now immune to it.

one of these high ranking politicians needs to get infected and we will see them going 100 miles a hour.

before that we will continue to have those useless Japanese meetings after another,

after the cruise ship debacle, Olympic dreams, wonderful government masks, I am wondering what's next,

maybe government issue clean room suit and gloves maybe,

or government issue toilet papers,

or government issue hand sanitizers made with cheap sake,,,,,

Japan EYES doing a lot without actually doing or implementing very much.

Today’s news is full of contradictions and pipe dreams. Abe is talking about when he can lift the state of emergency. Tourist hot spots are voicing concern over crowds of people gathering. And here, they are talking about introducing an inaccurate testing system. Does anybody actually know what they are doing? There seems to be no coordination or consistency in anything to do with the virus outbreak.

The government sources said private firms have been developing antigen test kits and are expected to release them soon.

Numerous companies around the world have already developed and made available such tests. If Japan could let their misplaced pride aside, and just accept that the tests don't have to be manufactured in Japan, they could start to save lives.

The more time is wasted, the more people are going to be infected, the more deaths there will be, and the longer the "lockdown-not-lockdown" is going to last.

The Japanese people are being let down big time

I can bet, most don't know.

"considering" is "haragengo" (腹言語) for "we don't want to pay the licensing fees to American or European pharmaceutical companies for their test kits. I remember when AIDS was raging around the world and Japan would not use American technology to test blood for transfusions. Eventually, dozens of Japanese hemophilia suffers died from AIDS and the doctor responsible (Dr. Abe) for blocking the US testing kits was sentenced to jail but he was too old (in his 80's) so they just let him off. Same situation happening again with the corona virus testing kits -- Japan never changes since the populous are obedient sheep...

So what? It's not as if this will help Japan increase testing anyway. This is nothing more than feel good propaganda.

I read complaints about the testing in Japan. To those of you who think testing in Japan is insufficient or too slow, be thankful you aren't relying on Trump to get your test kits made.

Uzbekistan, UAE to name a few are testing more than Japan.

Japan is more concerned with saving the ship that is the medical system rather than the passengers "populace"

And will this be just as limited as the other testing, I mean, the other lack of testing.

I LOL'ed at the simulation thing.

Do something, do nothing...

Just thinking loud!

Abbots Labs test had a 15 percent failure rate, when testing a 100 known positive samples Google Abbots Labs Coronavirus Failure

South Korea had mass testing early on - that's how they're getting through this in good shape

Japan had more weeks to prepare than other countries - what's their excuse for not having mass testing ready given with more time to prepare