Osaka to ask gov't to extend COVID-19 quasi-emergency

Suga has vowed to stage a "safe and secure" Summer Games as a symbol of humankind defeating COVID-19, promising to do so at a Group of Seven summit last month.

Thankyou Prime Minister Suga!

What a shock! japan you have failed abysmally, and have lost all respect.

What an endless litany of tripe and ineffectualness...

Not serious about JAPANESE lives.

Emergency situation again in Tokyo, until late August

Stop spreading the virus, people

Oh boy! Here we go again. How many is this?

Closing restaurants at 8pm does nothing to prevent the infection rate! Other factors such as big gatherings, weather conditions, unhygienic behavior which many people have restarted doing, CROWDED TRAINS / STATIONS, and above all infected people who go outside without knowing that they are infected ( some knowing it yet trying to infect others ) control the number of infections!

Anyways, stock up your food supplies and gear up as the next wave with the Olympic variant / Japan variant will be the worse the country has seen so far! Since the Olympics won’t be canceled at any cost, the only thing left to do now is to implement tighter measures ( not the pathetic ones currently in use ) without loopholes for the athletes and officials as this can ensure safety to a certain point.

Closing restaurants at 8pm does nothing to prevent the infection rate!

The scientists say that one of the main places where the virus is spread is at places where people are drinking, as they forget to socially distance and stop wearing masks.

So it would make sense that less people drinking for less hours overall would result in less infections.

Is it an absolute solution? Of course not. But that doesn't mean it has no impact at all.

A friend of mine got his infection at a nabe party where plenty of alcohol was also flowing so it does make sense...

Hmmm so far there has been almost 15,000 covid deaths in Japan. The population is about 125, million.

That’s way below 1% of the population. More precisely, a fraction of 1 percent of the population.

Actually, using the actual numbers given as of the time I wrote this, it is 0.01182275 % of the population

So this is a deadly disaster? Really? These numbers justify the term “deadly”?

Asking for a friend…

So this is a deadly disaster? Really? These numbers justify the term “deadly”?

Yes they do, because those are deaths that happened even with extremely strong measures against the disease, you can compare it with the deaths observed from influenza for example, that would give you an idea of what makes it so important to control.

Do you think traffic accidents are deadly? or is there any magical number below which you think it is fine not to take care?

Virusrex

extremely strong measures? Seriously? Do you think Japan has implemented extremely strong measures?

that comment alone goes against the opinions of the majority here…