Paul Laimal-Convoy comments

Removing, relocating, adding explanatory plaques or even "complementary" equivalents (of opposite POV/groups) are all fine ways to deal with this.

Simply leaving them under the guise of "history" is naive, at best.

For example, the "historic" statues of the Confederate South are not that old, and were installed around the South, as part of a false history (or "fake news" as many of their ilk like to describe such things):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dOkFXPblLpU

However, in the UK, the debate has been rather interesting, with some black historians advocating keeping some statues as a "warts and all" approach:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=bgMVI8GDp2k

One thing that (thankfully) isn't being done is simply ignoring the situation and allowing the status quo to continue.

"...Researchers in England..."

No, researchers in the UK. You only use England if it's needed to distinguish it from the actual country, which in this case, you do not.

It seems that Japan's inadequate testing is indeed unable to counter the fact that Covid 19 is infecting Japan just line anywhere else on the planet.

@gogogo

Keep up the good work.

Japan has, and continues to be, globally and domestically criticised for the lack of testing. Until Japan increases and improves is testing, its official statistics will remain open for debate.

What's this? Nationalistic, ignorant, Nihon-jinron nonsense, spewing forth from some Japanese oyaji?

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you.

Doesn't the hard plastic stop the masks from fitting snugly around the face? Also, doesn't the plastic create less breathing space, due to its non-pourous nature, breathing and/or the misting up of masks?

@Mirai Hayashi

Precisely! It's astonishing the lack of empathy people have unless it directly affect them. People always think of things in the context of themselves. It's not affecting me so why should I care? 

...People's lives matter. If you don't care about your own, and least think about the people around you who may be vulnerable.

It's ironic that some of the trolls here that have been spewing out "all lives matter" are the very same people who advocate methods of behaviour that increase the risk of infection and/or death to the general public.

As for the numbers, it seems that the more Japan falls in line with International testing standards, the more its numbers seem to reflect the global state too. If only it would increase its education and treatment standards to global standards.

To all the people who don't understated BLM, here are some links, with info for you. Please take the time to educate yourselves before voting or posting so ignorantly.

What is "Black Lives Matter?"

~

"Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international human rights movement, originating from within the African American community, which campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people. BLM regularly holds protests speaking out against police brutality and police killings of black people, and broader issues such as racial profiling, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system..."

(Source: - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter )

Are blacks more likely to suffer violence than whites/non blacks?

~

"...According to The Guardian's database, in 2016 the rate of fatal police shootings per million was 10.13 for Native Americans, 6.6 for black people, 3.23 for Hispanics; 2.9 for white people and 1.17 for Asians. By total, police more frequently killed whites than any other race or ethnicity.

As a percentage of the U.S. population, however, black Americans were 2.5 times more likely than whites to be killed by the police in 2015. A 2015 study found that unarmed blacks were 3.49 times more likely to be shot by police than were unarmed whites. Another study published in 2016 concluded that the mortality rate of legal interventions among black and Hispanic people was 2.8 and 1.7 times higher than that among white people. Another 2015 study concluded that black people were 2.8 times more likely to be killed by police than whites. They also concluded that black people were more likely to be unarmed than white people who were in turn more likely to be unarmed than Hispanic people shot by the police..."

(Source: - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_use_of_deadly_force_in_the_United_States )

Are (US) police likely to be punished for (unlawful/immoral) violent/deadly behaviour?

~ Firstly, here's some of the meta reasons why police officers don't usually get punished for using deadly force ( https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-07-13/why-arent-police-held-accountable-for-shooting-black-men )

Also:

~

"...The answer has to do with the latitude most jurisdictions have traditionally given their law enforcement officers — who sometimes need to make split-second decisions in dangerous situations involving potentially violent or unstable suspects — and the political and legal clout of police departments and police unions in many big cities. It was no accident that one of the chants by demonstrators in New York City over the weekend was “F*** the PBA!” — the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the largest municipal police union in the country..."

(Source: - https://news.yahoo.com/floyd-case-sheds-light-on-the-power-of-police-unions-to-thwart-justice-090024731.html )

What about "black-on-black" deaths, or the fact that more white people were shot than black people in the US by cops?

~

"...It’s a question asked, in various forms, from Facebook to cable networks to comments on this site. The answer, one writer says, is Black Lives Matter isn’t solely focused on the loss of black lives but also on a lack of justice.

> “When a civilian has committed a violent crime, they’re generally arrested, tried and then convicted,” Franchesca Ramsey, a writer and activist who discusses race, explains in the MTV series Decoded (which you can watch here in full). “Conversely, there’s a lot of evidence that it’s very rare to secure an indictment against a police officer for excessive force. And an indictment is just a trial; it isn’t even a conviction.” “Black Lives Matter isn’t just about the loss of life, which is always terrible. It’s about the lack of consequences when black lives are taken at the hands of police.”

> Police officers shot and killed nearly 1,000 people last year, according to a Washington Post database. Eighteen officers faced charges for such shootings that year. While nearly twice as many white Americans were killed by on-duty officers than blacks, the Post’supdated data showed, black Americans remained 2.5 times as likely to die at the hands of police when adjusting for population. And when unarmed, the data showed that black Americans were five times as likely to be fatally shot as white ones.."

(Source: - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/07/27/why-doesnt-black-lives-matter-doesnt-focus-talk-about-black-black-crime/87609692/ )

But don't "All Lives Matter"?

~

"It’s a common conversation these days: One person says, “Black lives matter.” Then another responds, “No, all lives matter.” It’s also a complete misunderstanding of what the phrase “black lives matter” means. The person on the receiving end interprets the phrase as “black lives matter more than any other lives.” But the point of Black Lives Matter isn't to suggest that black lives should be or are more important than all other lives.

> Instead, it’s simply pointing out that black people's lives are relatively undervalued in the US — and more likely to be ended by police — and the country needs to recognize that inequity to bring an end to it.

> To this end, a better way to understand Black Lives Matter is by looking at its driving phrase as “black lives matter, too.” So all lives do matter, obviously, but it’s one subset of lives in particular that’s currently undervalued in America..."

(Source: - https://www.vox.com/2016/7/11/12136140/black-all-lives-matter )

From the article above, here's a video, showing one of the reasons (amongst many, so please read them) why "black lives matter (too) : ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtAAeyswlHM

I hope that these links provide some of our more ignorant posters or voters with the information they need up be more understanding global citizens.   If, however, you lack the basic intelligence to understand our empathise with the majority of the world's population in this matter, please add a negative vote as it's vital to see how many trolls are still infesting any given site.

Why would anyone from a safe country, like New Zealand, want to come to a place where testing and information about the actual amount of infected is so unavailable?

If anyone wants to donate to the BLM movement, "The Daily Show" has a portal here:

http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/donate

(Note: - The first option in the list of three, doesn't seem to accept non-US addresses, but the other two are fine).

Good for her.

If anyone wants to donate to the BLM movement, "The Daily Show" has a portal here:

http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/donate

(Note: - The first option in the list of three, doesn't seem to accept non-US addresses, but the other two are fine).

If anyone is interested in donating to one of three charities/support groups for the BLM movement, "The Daily Show" has a portal here:

http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/donate

(The "LDF", unfortunately, doesn't accept non-US addresses and their phone number didn't seen to work either, but the other seemed fine to donate to from Japan).

Good.

@Mirai Hayashi

African-American is actually the more politically correct term as opposed the "blacks". Black is a color (or the absence of color or light) and not a race.

Actually, it depends upon the country and etymology related to that country, or geographical region:

~

"African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic groupof Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa. The phrase generally refers to descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States...

...The term African American carries important political overtones. Earlier terms used to describe Americans of African ancestry referred more to skin color than to ancestry, and were conferred upon the group by colonists and Americans of European ancestry; people with dark skins were considered inferior in fact and in law. Other terms (such as colored, person of color, or negro) were included in the wording of various laws and legal decisions which some thought were being used as tools of white supremacy and oppression..."

(Source: - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans )

~

"...in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification in the Western World, the term "black" is used to describe persons who are perceived as dark-skinned compared to other populations. It is mostly used for people of Sub-Saharan Africandescent and indigenous peoples of Oceania, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Generally speaking, indigenous African societies do not use the term black as a racial identity outside of influences brought by Western culture or colonization...

...Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified "black", and these social constructshave changed over time. In a number of countries, societal variables affect classification as much as skin color, and the social criteria for "blackness" vary. In the United Kingdom, "black" was historically equivalent with "person of color", a general term for non-European peoples. In other regions such as Australasia, settlers applied the term "black" or it was used by local populations with different histories and ancestral backgrounds. For many other individuals, communities and countries, "black" is perceived as a derogatory, outdated, reductive or otherwise unrepresentative label, and as a result is neither used nor defined, especially in African cultures with little to no colonial history. Some have pointed out that labeling people groups "black" is erroneous as the people described as "black" generally have a brown skin color..."

(Source: - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people )  

I believe, in South Africa, "coloured" is preferable to "black", whereas the opposite is true in the UK/USA.

Anyway, as for the video, is obviously in poor taste. Such a shame that, with the death of 4Chan, more and more horrid little trolls are infesting this site by the day...

""Even if someone initially tests negative, the person could return a positive test days later depending on his or her behavior during that period. Ideally, Japan would test the entire population all at once and isolate those who are positive, though that would be "impossible realistically," he said."

Meanwhile, in Korea:

"The Blue House announced on 28 February the current status of coronavirus tests in Korea, comparing the testing situation in the United States and Japan. The number of inspections was 26 and 120 times higher than in those countries respectively as of 28 Feb. The cumulative number of inspections was about 53,000 by South Korea, while Japan was about 2,000, and in US about 440 cases were examined."

(Source: - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Korea )

The problem is that (men) perpetrate this inequality, which is especially egregious as many are in positions of power (government, management, etc) and thus abuse that power and trust.

@YeahRight

"NO MORE MASKS! (Insert idiotic opinions here for why)...Let the negative votes flow."

And here are why masks ARE important, taking into account some of your (inaccurate opinions) :

~

"...Specifically, WHO now recommends that healthy members of the public wear homemade or commercially available fabric masks in places where the new coronavirus is circulating widely and where physical distancing (staying 6-feet apart, etc.) is not possible or is difficult...The WHO noted that breathability—the difference in pressure across the mask as you breathe, reported in millibars (mbar) or Pascals (Pa)—should be below 49 Pa/cm2 for a medical mask. But, for non-medical masks, an acceptable pressure difference should be below 100 Pa..."

(

Source: - https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/who-now-recommends-the-public-use-masks-good-masks-in-covid-19-areas/ )

~

"...Now, the CDC recommends people wear homemade or cloth masks in public. The agency says the mask should fit snugly against the face, be secured with ties or ear loops, include multiple layers of fabric and be laundered after every use. The new guidance came after research suggested that presymptomatic and asymptomatic carriers were able to transmit the virus and infect healthy people. Officials recommend wearing these masks in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, such as grocery stores and pharmacies..."

(Source: - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/22/coronavirus-symptoms-masks-testing-covid-19-info-keeps-changing/3002515001/ )

@oldman

"Suicide no doubt, which shows her guilt..."

Incorrect.

According to (possibly any or all laws, almost anywhere), "suicide" does not "show guilt".

Until you present evidence to the contrary, especially under Korean law, we'll just leave your little comment in the "complete and utter tripe" area, where it belongs, shall we?

Good for Beyonce.

@drlucifer

*The Japanese government has been widely criticized at home for its lack of testing, although the country appears so far to have escaped an explosive outbreak with around 910 deaths so far.*

Unfortunately the criticism wasn't from abroad hence no effect.

Except it WAS criticised abroad:

- https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3077328/coronavirus-german-embassy-criticises-japans-case

https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/japans-limited-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/

@since1981

As much I hate this idiot, I have to agree with him. Japanese, from what I have seen first hand are wearing masks, using alcohol provided at the entrance of every establishment I have visited, telling people to put on a mask in stores, and are taking it upon themselves to avoid large crowds whenever possible.

I and my wife just yesterday went to a large shopping plaza. Everyone, and I say everyone was wearing a mask and using alcohol provided. I did however see two non-Japanese walking around not wearing a mask. I was surprised at the number of people who approached them to make comment. They eventually left the store.

We are down to 1,215 active cases and on a daily decline. The people of Japan have stepped up their game a are doing a great job...

And I've been on commuter trains all last week into Tokyo and seen some Japanese-looking people NOT wearing masks (while walking outside and in the trains), while I've seen very little, if any, people in Japan socially distance (at shops, etc). I've also seen most people in public Japanese toilets (outside stations, at parks, etc) only use water (as no soap we provided) and/or not even wash their hands after urinating/defecating.

Meanwhile my parents in the UK, and my American friends have been wearing face coverings, socially distancing and washing their hands with either santiser, or the readily available soap, provided in most, if not all public toilets in their own countries.

Your point?

"One big obstacle for introducing such remote work reforms, argue some, are old Japanese men -- who seem to complain when people are away from the office, or actually don't something productive and/or that doesn't revolve around them..."

Fixed it for you.

"[Trump] added: “You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again.”

Yes, let's start with the three other police officers, responsible for that man's death, who currently are free "men".

@Luis David Yanez

You stated:

"In resume, there is no evidence that measures like the ones Japan took, or most of Europe took with things like lockdowns work in the first place..."

Incorrect:

~

"...Now, three weeks later, even as the Italian government has locked down the entire country, Codogno is almost free of the virus, recording just a few new infections each day.

> Thesharp fall in new cases in Codogno and surrounding towns in the heart of the outbreak—from an average of about 100 new cases per day in early March to an average of under 50 per day in recent days—is an early indication that the drastic containment measures that have since been imposed across Italy and elsewhere in Europe could be beginning to work.

Codogno’s experience “tells us that if you introduce social distancing earlier, you will have a lower spread of cases, and if you have a lower spread, you will have fewer deaths,” said Melinda Mills, a professor of sociology at Oxford University who co-wrote a paper on the transmission of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus..."

(Source: - https://www.wsj.com/articles/lockdown-of-recovering-italian-town-shows-effectiveness-of-early-action-11584391837 )

~

"...Spain has been on national lockdown since March 15 and is planning to remain as such until April 29, per Spanish outlet El País. During these past few days, the nation has seen a decrease in the number of fatalities, reaching its lowest daily death toll since March 26, according to El País..."

(Source: - https://swimswam.com/spain-begins-lifting-lockdown-some-non-essential-services-allowed/ )

~

"...France’s lockdown, in place for more than three weeks, has helped contain the spread of the new coronavirus but the time to lift the restrictions has not yet come, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday...

> “The expansion (of the disease) is slowing so much that we might soon reach a flattening of the curve (…) and that’s most certainly due to the lockdown’s effect”, he said...

> [While in the UK]...Data gathered from 2 million people in Britain using a new COVID-19 symptom tracker app suggest lockdown measures are slowing the spread of the disease, according to researchers..."

(Source: - https://www.metro.us/french-lockdown-helped-slow-2/ )

You stated:

"we already know that the virus is not as deadly as thought when these measures were taken in the first place, and in Japan the virus has killed way less people than the flu, so no, there is no way it is "too early" to stop doing things that probably do not even work to stop something very tame."

Incorrect:

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"Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has similar symptoms to the flu. They also spread in similar ways. So it's natural to want to compare the two. But Covid-19 is very different, in ways that make it much more dangerous. And understanding how is key to understanding why we have to take it so seriously..."

(Full facts in video link here: - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FVIGhz3uwuQ )

@Strangerland

"To the commentators saying Japanese numbers are low because Japanese people already wear (mostly paper/foam) face masks and don't touch eachother, how can you explain medical professionals wearing gloves and properly fitted masks catching COVID19?"

> Um, because real world and how viruses work maybe? Try talking to an epidemiologist. They have the very clear answer to your question above. But maybe trying to make sure you know the answers to your questions before asking them, unless it's an honest question to learn information. Because when you ask a loaded question, that accidentally exposes your lack of understanding of what you're talking about, it detracts from your entire post."

Incorrect:

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"...The coronavirus can live for hours to days on surfaces like countertops and doorknobs. How long it survives depends on the material the surface is made from...

~ Metal Examples: doorknobs, jewelry, silverware 5 days

~ Wood Examples: furniture, decking 4 days

~ Plastics Examples: milk containers and detergent bottles, subway and bus seats, backpacks, elevator buttons 2 to 3 days

~ Stainless steel Examples: refrigerators, pots and pans, sinks, some water bottles 2 to 3 days

~ Cardboard Examples: shipping boxes 24 hours

~ Copper Examples: pennies, teakettles, cookware 4 hours

~ Aluminum Examples: soda cans, tinfoil, water bottles 2 to 8 hours 

~ Glass Examples: drinking glasses, measuring cups, mirrors, windows Up to 5 days

~ Ceramics Examples: dishes, pottery, mugs 5 days

~ Paper Examples: mail, newspaper The length of time varies. Some strains of coronavirus live for only a few minutes on paper, while others live for up to 5 days..."

(Source: - https://www.webmd.com/lung/how-long-covid-19-lives-on-surfaces )

~

"We can pick up Covid-19 by touching surfaces contaminated with the new coronavirus, but it is now becoming clear just how long the virus can survive outside the human body in the air, on objects and fabrics...

...It is worth noting that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), touching a surface or object contaminated with the virus and then touching one's own face "is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads". In May, the CDC updated its guidance to say that Covid-19 spreads "very easily" from person to person through contaminated droplets produced by others as they talk, cough, sneeze and breath.

> Even so, the CDC, the World Health Organization and others health authorities, have emphasised that both washing one's hands and cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces daily are key in preventing Covid-19's spread. The CDC's latest guidance for how schools, restaurants and other public places can start to reopen details the need for intensified cleaning and disinfection of frequently touched surfaces such as playground equipment, door handles, bathroom taps and drinking fountains.

> It also admits that scientists are still learning about exactly how the virus spreads. So, although we still don't know exactly how many cases are being caused directly by contaminated surfaces, experts advise exercising caution...

> ...The findings suggest the virus might last this long on door handles, plastic-coated or laminated worktops and other hard surfaces. Another more recent study released in May by microbiologists in Beijing, China, found that Sars-CoV-2 could survive and remain infectious on smooth surfaces including plastic, stainless steel, glass, ceramics and latex gloves for up to seven days. They found they could not obtain infectious viral particles from cotton clothing after four days and that no virus could be obtained from paper surface after five days..."

(Source: - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200317-covid-19-how-long-does-the-coronavirus-last-on-surfaces )

@Monty

"But let me tell you in what I believe. And that is my personal experience in my every day life here in Japan:

The japanese citizens do everything they personally can do to prevent the spread of the virus. Wearing masks, using hand sterilizer everywhere, and keep social distance as much as possible, many companies changed to telework, in many departement stores and restaurants they check my fever before I can go in...and so on.

In that, I do believe and trust!"

And let me tell you MY observations:

Little or no social distancing in shops, while walking around (and very short spacing between customers while queueing).

My Japanese flatmate, who has type-2 diabetes, having to go to work (as his company refused to allow office staff to work from home).

Many people, in groups, using my local park, during the SOE.

My school, which has taken some (good) measures for reopening, still limiting children to a distance of at least 50cm between each other, and having to sit kids 2-4 on each table, due to a lack of space and tables, etc.

Many people walking around my job, in public, etc without wearing facemasks or other PPE.

Japanese men but washing their hands at public toilets.

A distinct lack of testing for Covid 19 and/or transparency over death rates (for all cases, Covid 19, or otherwise).

People at bars and restaurants, sitting close to each other in the last few days.

Packed, rush hour commuter trains and stations.

etc.

@Monty

"...But they learned now that all this lockdowns had no positive influence to contain the virus..."

Incorrect.

~

"...But nearly two months on, Beijing’s approach appears vindicated. China has reported its first day with no domestic transmissions of the disease; all newly identified cases had been imported from abroad, health authorities say..."

(Source: - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/19/chinas-coronavirus-lockdown-strategy-brutal-but-effective#maincontent )

~

"...The 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month has been by and large effective in containing coronavirus, especially in states that have been able to implement it properly. Data from various states show that in most, the transmission of the highly infectious virus - which has infected more than 9,000 people across the country -- has been arrested..."

(Source: - https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-lockdown-effective-in-most-states-kerala-tops-list-2211115 )

~

"...A new international study based on census and real-world mobility flow show that social distancing and the complete isolation of the population amid the coronavirus disease outbreak are strategies that need to be kept in place otherwise there is a high possibility of a second outbreak if these measures are not maintained over a prolonged period. The researchers found that social distancing is a measure that is working and should continue. Currently, there are mitigation strategies in place across the globe, with most focusing on social distancing to curb the spread of the virus..."

(Source: - https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200329/How-effective-is-social-distancing-in-fighting-COVID-19.aspx )

~

"...Italy reported a fall in the number of new coronavirus cases for the fourth successive day, and another drop in the number of deaths, suggesting that its lockdown might be working and that there will be an end to the country’s nightmare.

In the 24 hours until 6pm on Wednesday there were 3,491 confirmed cases and another 683 deaths, compared with 3,612 cases and 743 deaths the day before. The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that Italy’s coronavirus epidemic might peak this week..."

(Source: - https://inews.co.uk/news/coronavirus-in-italy-lockdown-effective-cases-fall-covid-19-outbreak-2518448 )

However, it is believed that other methods, such as those employed by South Korea (which didn't enact a nationwide lockdown) are perhaps more effective. Simply "washing one's hands and being clean", though, isn't going to work.

@Justin Person

The media sensationalism of the coronavirus is in and of itself misinformation. 40% of USA deaths are from closed aged people facilities. The top five regions of USA for deaths are not politically aligned with the President. Either Trump is reckless stupid and incapable to doing anything or he is a diabolical mastermind that inflicted this on his rivals.

And yet, whenever the BBC reports the high British death statistics on the TV, it usually states that they don't include care homes or other places for old people, etc. However, I'm sure certain people still think they're being "sensationalist" too?

Your point?

@WilliB

"If you looked outside CNN et al, you would know that hydroxycholoriquine is quite sucessful if used correctly. Get an idea why your echo chamber is dangerous?"

Ok, here's some quotes from Fox News:

~

"...A study of hospitalized coronavirus patients who were treated with hydroxychloroquine – the drug President Trump said he has been taking daily for about two weeks to stave off infection – as well as chloroquine, another drug recently touted as a possible COVID-19 antidote, found an increased risk of death associated with both medications..."

(Source: - https://www.foxnews.com/health/hydroxychloroquine-chloroquine-linked-to-increased-risk-of-death-in-hospitalized-coronavirus-patients-study-finds )

~

"...A large study of more than 1,400 COVID-19 patients has revealed the controversial coronavirus treatment hydroxychloroquine yielded no benefits for the people involved in the research..."

(Source: - https://www.foxnews.com/science/hydroxychloroquine-no-benefits-seriously-ill-coronavirus-patients )

 

Do you understand why your opinion is incorrect and dangerous? 

As for that other troll that was going on about others posting links and quotes to news sources, I suspect they were of the ilk that simply posted their own (misinformed) opinions and didn't even bother to source or cite any evidence for their claims. As for the rest of us, we'll continue to share the facts of the matter, with evidence.

Hasn't they're been an increase of 22 infected people in Tokyo on Friday, 29th May?