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umbrella
The overreacting to the virus is just breathtaking and unbelievable! Let's all stay in bed for the next few months and then we'll be safe!
OssanAmerica
There's really no such thing as "over reacting" at this stage. Schools (would suggest high schools as well) should be closed and any lost days made up during the summer months.
macv
great opportunity for students to stay at home have classes via skype but this is Japan it will never happen
Maximum Lawler
Seriously? You’re going to use the word “novel” to describe the virus?
Someone is being very liberal with the thesaurus.
DaDude
It doesn't matter if school days are missed in Japan because students automatically move up to next grade even if they fail subjects or take a long leave of absence.
juminRhee
Wont that have the same effect of infecting people as sending the kids to the day cares? Adults can get the disease and spread it too.
OssanAmerica
What exactly is the problem? As a noun a novel is something you read. As an adjective it means "new and original; not like anything seen before"
The CDC and WHO uses "novel" to describe a "new type". In Japan it's called 新型.
CDC: "2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Summary | CDC
www.cdc.gov › coronavirus › 2019-ncov › summary"
WHO: A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans. Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted..
https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
juminRhee
Thought they were saying "nova" as in nova Scotia, which also means "new."
kohakuebisu
This will go down as an official class shutdown, gakkyu heisa, so the kids won't be marked as absent. Club activities that mean missing school are marked as absences either.
fwiw, a "poor" attendance record can supposedly affect a child's chances of getting into a good high school, so absences may matter. They are certainly rumoured to.
JenniSchiebel
Also in Hokkaido, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sapporo (which covers all of Hokkaido) has canceled Masses for the next two weeks, granting a dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass during that time:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxrYXRlZG9yYXJ1MnxneDo2MTNhM2IyMzgwNzlmNTI0&fbclid=IwAR3d3KzMXNvbme8Je0_1uTq8Y4xkQZ4fmub_Eo9XCTktZsz_6BuwEVaeDOc
umbrella
Schools in Sapporo are now officially closed from Feb 28th to March 6th. A symbolic gesture to make it seem as though they are doing something.
umbrella
Won't please the alt kids, they are likely to lose a week's pay I heard.
Yrral
Japan go 1 month, before Japanese are falling sick on the Street of Tokyo, in America our leadership is clueless about the virus, ordinary Americans respond when the government do not like Trump has not
Kenichi Mitomi
This is the notice I recieved from my son's school.
Economically speaking it might become difficult to afford to pay rent should my wife and I need to take weeks off work.
• You should stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with other flu viruses
• You should call NHS 111 immediately to be assessed by an appropriate specialist, as quickly as possible
• Pupils feeling unwell should stay at home and should not attend school. Adults should stay at home and not go to work.
• You should not go directly to your GP or other healthcare environment
The letter end by parents to check Internet for the latest information on gov.uk/guidance/novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public
extanker
What the heck are you talking about? We have just 14 cases in the US and we're testing treatments. Can we not bring Trump into every discussion for once?
Jeff Huffman
Just 35 people out of the more than 5 million who live on Hokkaido? I bet the number of people with the flu right now is 1,000 times that number and no one is staying home because it.