Foreign Minister Hayashi tests positive for COVID-19

Get well soon Mr Hayashi!

After 3 or 4 vaccine shots? Immune system destroying shots.

Omg no!!

How on earth will he deal with the mild temperature and vicious runny nose??

No close contact? What is he, a ghost?

Let’s call an end to the ridiculous “bro bump” of elbows this year! Just nod hello and be done with it if you don’t want to fully bow.

These middle-aged and elderly politicos, men and women both, look absolutely insincere when they pose for photo opps doing it.

The recommended coughing or sneezing into the crook of the elbow and then “bro bumping” garments probably does more to spread any contagion than just shaking hands then desensitizing immediately after.

Good luck with your recovery, Mr. Hayashi.

He's vaxxed. The odds are that he'll be back within a week. That's the main noticable difference between people who are vaccinted and boosted, compared to completely unvaccinated. You know, the ones who won't get vaccinated because you can "still get Covid". LOL

Why is this news?

Will the press also publish it if I get Covid?

I don't think so.

What is so special about that this guy got Covid, that you must write an article and publish it?

Millions of people got and get Covid but nobody publishes an article about each individual person.

Government officials should be shown wearing masks . . . . and avoiding close contacts with others . . . .

US VP kamala got it - infected Blinken - who infected Hayashi.

Apparently the virus transfers by jumping from elbow to elbow.

Well, surprise, surprise. Not. These so-called leaders have been going around meeting people without wearing masks whereas they keep telling us in Japan to wear masks. We have to wear it at work in meetings.

US VP kamala got it - infected Blinken - who infected Hayashi.

I can well imagine. It's probably rampant in Washington, everybody has probably been infected except, ironically, Nancy Pelosi, who pretended to be infected so that she wouldn't lose face after she was scared into staying away from Taiwan.

How on earth will he deal with the mild temperature and vicious runny nose??

how on earth will he deal with Long COVID. Lots of new research. Google it.

Why is it on the top page of the headline for just a normal flue… making the whole world a fool

Oh no, Hayashi-san!

Monty

Why is this news?

Will the press also publish it if I get Covid?

I don't think so.

What is so special about that this guy got Covid, that you must write an article and publish it?

Millions of people got and get Covid but nobody publishes an article about each individual person

Seriously? For the same reason the press would cover it if he was caught having an extramarital affair or was arrested for DUI, but totally ignore you and the millions of others doing the same things. Duh.

luck he is vaxxed as it obviously does absolutely nothing to stop infection or the spread…

what a clown show!

He's vaxxed. The odds are that he'll be back within a week. That's the main noticable difference between people who are vaccinted and boosted, compared to completely unvaccinated. You know, the ones who won't get vaccinated because you can "still get Covid". LOL

Nonsense. Right from the start only 2% got seriously ill. As in, life threatening. That is still case. The vaccines have done absolutely nothing to prevent the spread of the disease or deaths from the disease.

how on earth will he deal with Long COVID. Lots of new research. Google it

Just like those thousands of people we know who have "long covid"....

Maybe the leaders should all receive monthly "booster" shots? And anyone else who so desires or believes that the shots are effective.

Iam glad to see they are both socially distancing and wearing masks

The Japanese politicians don’t seem to be able to follow their own policies and end up with the virus.

Still, the latest variant isn’t that much of a problem for the majority.

Maybe the leaders should all receive monthly "booster" shots? And anyone else who so desires or believes that the shots are effective.

According to the best available evidence they are, and very effective in preventing the worst consequences of the disease, fortunately this do not depend on arbitrary exaggerated schedules as the one you propose.

The Japanese politicians don’t seem to be able to follow their own policies and end up with the virus.

Omicron is extremely efficient at infecting, you can follow all recommendations and your risk of infection is still there. That is why it became much more important to limit the risk from that almost unavoidable infection.

@virusrex

Of course, the risk of infection is always a possibility.

The point is that the politicians are catching the virus due to engaging in high risk behavior ie failure to respect social distancing, failure to wear masks and having lengthy conversations in rooms with too many participants.

They are putting themselves at risk unnecessarily.

Mr Hayashi has had four jabs, yet still succumbed to the virus. That's a great alleged vaccine people are lining up for.

That is the thing, some politicians are doing it, others don't. But assuming this is the case because of getting the infection is not valid.

Obviously I don't know what Hayashi has been doing, but some people (even important politicians) are taking measures seriously and that is not a guarantee they will not get infected. If you have examples where this particular person acted without proper care then yes, this would be something he brought on himself.

Please make sure he installs MySOS and is monitored closely via GPS tracker and AI video call to ensure the public safety. Thanks.

Still opening JAPAN on June 10th 2022???

Still opening JAPAN on June 10th 2022???

thatll depend on how much covid Japanese brought back with them while overseas on golden week,

Minister Hayashi is proof that it is a thing

The number of new COVID-19 cases across Japan has been below 30,000 per day lately, compared with about 100,000 in early February when the country was struggling to contain the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

With that current high infection number, taking into account the low number of tests, so the real numbers are not known, Japan's inability to deal effectively with this Covid problem is harming its citizens, its economy and now its leaders.

According to the best available evidence they are, and very effective in preventing the worst consequences of the disease, fortunately this do not depend on arbitrary exaggerated schedules as the one you propose.

Without any verifiable source, this is mere layman's opinion.

Obviously I don't know what Hayashi has been doing, but some people (even important politicians) are taking measures seriously and that is not a guarantee they will not get infected. If you have examples where this particular person acted without proper care then yes, this would be something he brought on himself.

Obviously when someone becomes infected it is a result of acting without proper care. If someone acts with proper care, then they do not get infected, according to the scientific authority CDC.

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Every medical authority coincide with the vaccines being effective at reducing the risks from covid and none of them recommend monthly boosters to reach this benefit, you can freely consult directly to confirm it.

What no scientific authority have done is to say that infections can only be produced by acting without care, none (not the CDC either) have said measures can bring the risk of infection to disappear.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and will recuperate at home until at least June 11, officials said.

Interesting there is no mention of whether or not he has received vaccines or boosters.

What no scientific authority have done is to say that infections can only be produced by acting without care, none (not the CDC either) have said measures can bring the risk of infection to disappear.

The first part of the sentence does is not grammatically correct and does not make sense, but regarding the second part, that is a misunderstanding and in fact is contrary to the reality because the CDC concluded a study where the finding was there are certain measures that can make the risk of infection "disappear."

The first part of the sentence does is not grammatically correct and does not make sense

Yes it does, so much that you discuss it in your comment.

the CDC concluded a study where the finding was there are certain measures that can make the risk of infection "disappear."

How about a reference for this, the CDC communications are frequently misrepresented, so saying they contradict the scientific consensus and say the risk becomes zero with any measure is not believable. People can get infected even when keeping all the reasonable prevention measures in their daily lives.

He also hosted the foreign ministers of Singapore and Malaysia on May 25, and Vietnam's standing deputy prime minister the following day.

Likely culprit, one of the above.

What no scientific authority have done is to say that infections can only be produced by acting without care, 

An odd sentence, but regardless, no one gets infected unless they didn't take care enough. You don't get wet if you don't go out in the rain.

The CDC, unlike the WHO agency, is a true medical authority that has in the past decided to ignore WHO "advice" to focus on the health of US citizens, as opposed to funneling off resources to other countries.

https://www.cdc.gov/about/organization/mission.htm

An odd sentence, but regardless, no one gets infected unless they didn't take care enough. You don't get wet if you don't go out in the rain.

Again, that is your personal belief only, not supported by any medical authority. People can still get infected even if they take care "enough",

The CDC, unlike the WHO agency, is a true medical authority that has in the past decided to ignore WHO "advice" to focus on the health of US citizens, as opposed to funneling off resources to other countries.

The CDC has never said that taking care would reduce the risk of infection to zero as you mistakenly claimed, and it recognizes the WHO as the global authority on public health, which means it contradicts your whole comment.

Again, that is your personal belief only, not supported by any medical authority. People can still get infected even if they take care "enough", 

> The CDC has never said that taking care would reduce the risk of infection to zero as you mistakenly claimed, and it recognizes the WHO as the global authority on public health, which means it contradicts your whole comment.

Both unsubstantiated and inaccurate opinions contradicted by a medical authority, the CDC, and an agency, the WHO.

But if someone wants to disagree with them, have fun!

Both unsubstantiated and inaccurate opinions contradicted by a medical authority, the CDC, and an agency, the WHO.

Since you have repeatedly failed to produce a reference where both scientific authorities have actually said so that means you understand you are mistaken. Repeating an appeal to authority that is claimed as invalid is still invalid.

Hayashi contracted covid, that does not mean he did not followed reasonable precautions, because those do not reduce the risk to zero.

Since you have repeatedly failed to produce a reference where both scientific authorities have actually said so that means you understand you are mistaken. Repeating an appeal to authority that is claimed as invalid is still invalid.

Hayashi contracted covid, that does not mean he did not followed reasonable precautions, because those do not reduce the risk to zero.

Thankfully, medical authorities like the CDC don't believe people contract Covid infections by following reasonable precautions.

Again, you have not produced any reference where the CDC have ever said that following reasonable precautions are free of all risk of infection.

This is because that is just something you came up with that the CDC have never said.