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But @prionking, when we ask you who these 'tens of thousands' of doctors and nurses are you invariably send us to the right wing / religious site FLCCC or one the same five or six doctors who have been pushing 'therapies' since early 2020. The Nurses union in the UK, and Doctors in general are expressing disgust that 90% of those now requiring ICU treatment for COVID are unvaccinated and taking up valuable bed space for cancer patients etc. But I guess.. Thats an acceptable loss of life to you.

Raw Beer. You're hilarious mate. All your 'off the charts' chat etc. Every day you are sliding into a minority of people who could possibly get shunned from society for the next few years. Everything, from your therapeutics to your VAERS misinterpretation is just frankly nuts.

Your repeat posting of the first doctor to give an interview about the new variant over a number of days bordered on obsessive. Most of your anti vaxxer buddies I notice have now crawled under a rock. Give it up mate. Go and get jabbed.

But this is not the VAERS Website.

This is an analysis designed for the anti vaxxer crowd. Try again GreenPeas.

Well said @Bronco. They are totally missing out, I fear the younger and ‘woke’ generation are starting to live a ‘cookie cutter’ life and it sounds awfully dull.

Put your mobile phone down, get out there drinking and picking up boys/girls the old fashioned way.

@Raw Beer: Pretty sure you’ll struggle to find any company anyway!

... And your best experience was on JAL? Right.

Really... @Raw Beer. Are you going to continually post links via various websites of Anglique Coetzee from last weekend? We know very little yet and I am well aware of your views on vaccines, but putting that aside, is this just a further attempt to further ignore the huge health crisis of the last two years and continue to be so blasé? I don't care what the symptoms are, I am much more concerned about further people dying that don't need to. Your wretched views on social distancing and mask wearing are deplorable. Is there not even a middle ground you will accept? I wouldn't wish this in anybody, but I wonder if your views would change if a family member or friend was severely sickened by this?

Same policy for flights was implemented for 3 two week periods early in 2021 when things were very grim in Europe and the US. The only time true discrimination occurred was between April-August 2020 when foreign Nationals who were either outside the country at that time or chose to travel at that time could not re enter.

Raw Beer. Still quoting one Doctor from last week. Seriously. Is that all you have. What a tool you are.

@Joffy: Abe did exactly the same April 2020-August2020. Shut ALL foreign residents out.

Yep - Bring it on.

Good - Personally, I'd just take both Fox and CNN off the air. Both as bad as each other. Senseless propaganda channels.

What is ALL the fuss about? We are just back exactly where we were right up until the end of October. No changes - apart from the countries and the number of days required in an awful APA Hotel - which will just grow by the day. Back to 3500 entrants a day which had only been increased to 5000 last Friday. Vaxxed no longer count. Reckon this will be it until end of March.

@Raw Beer: That will be the same 'mild virus' that 5.2 Million people have already died from? Just to make sure we are talking about the same topic here?

Every Restaurant AND The Tokyo American Club are celebrating on the 25th. I don't know any of my American friends who roll it to the next day because of the time difference! I'vbe seen them hungover for the last 30 years on the Friday! My boss is good enough to get lunch delivered for the whole office every Thanksgiving and we don't have it the next day.

@Ingvar: At no point did I acknowledge Sputnik was the mist effective and safest vaccine out there.

Plenty of information to be found on which vaccinations are being used in Cambodia, and AZ is being used as a booster for those who had Sinovac the first time round.

@Ingvar: Sinovac and AstraZeneca have by far the most widely used vaccines in Cambodia, yes, Sputnik is also approved for use but they were only supllied with a small amount. Cambodias government itself that they would source vaccines by all means necessary - In face Japan donated some of their domestically produced AZ to the country.

Sinovac has been given to those 5 and older. They have achieved a 79% vaccination rate thus far and life is returning to normal there. Fortunately they have not been exposed to anti-vax propaganda and/or have correctly chosen not to listen to it.

I had Moderna @zichi as did most of my colleagues. Yes - we all suffered side effects, nothing awful though 12-36 hours post jab and it came highly recommended by my doctor, who I consulted prior to my jabs whilst deciding between Pfizer through the ward office or Moderna arranged by my employer. Almost all the old and infirm that I know such as yourself, andincluding my own Mother seemed to suffer no side effects from Pfizer. The younger people did.

@Sanjinosebleed: You''ll need to be vaccinated. You and your children.

Borders should remain closed at least until the Northern Hemisphere winter is over. The current demonstrations in Europe and their citizens lack of responsibility to vaccinate should preclude everybody from entering unnecessarily Why risk it? The HUGE uptick in domestic tourism being witnessed now (try and book a weekend at a domestic hotel) , coupled with a complete lack of overseas tourism means no need for it.

I agree with El Rata - even when the borders open, it ain't gonna be for the unjabbed for a LONG time

These 'protesters', Mostly unemployed drifters, failing university students and diehard anarchists and puppets of the far left or far right and just extending the misery for millions. 90% of them don't even know what they are protesting about. Just happy to go along for the ride.

The other 10% know EXACTLY what they are doing and are very happy to lie, cajole and misinform people to create this destructive behavior. The excuses for not being vaccinated change daily as the anti vaxxers are proved wrong by their continual pitiful lies

One particular poster in this thread spoke before about his obligation NOT to be vaccinated so he could take care of his children and not be a burden on the health system. How will said person feel when a rock or a Molotov Cocktail comes through his window potentially fatally injuring a family member or himself all because of his 'obligations'

On retrospect, happy to be in Japan where such nonsense will not occur and at this point perhaps Japan should consider total closure of its borders from Europe and the US.

Taxes are pretty hefty on the rich in the UK - But no need to subject yourself to double taxation which is the ONLY problem with a US Passport.

Likewise @RegBilk. British National Treasure. Successful in five decades - active in six. I couldn't give a damn what non or 'quasi' British 'subjects' think

and which country in the world can the wealthy/connected NOT buy or directly influence?

Why is that @zichi? Not hurting anyone - Doesn't mean anything outside the Commonwealth.

@Fighto: Hence I said do a little reading. If you were a Korean left in here in the 1950's unable to get a proper job, or rent a decent apartment and shunned by Japanese society in general at the time, with the information provided it didn't look like a bad deal. Plus they practically begging people to go back. I know you are pressy smart person from your posts, if you are interested give the book I mentioned a look.

South Korea didn't WANT people back as it was an economic catastrophe and a pretty brutal dictatorship to boot at the time. That took a few more years to reverse.

Wrong choice, yes but without the information flows that we take for granted now it was a very different situation.

Suggest some of you read about post war Korean History - the involvement of the Red Cross the the Government here before making flippant comments. Of course they have no chance of actually receiving any compensation - but I'm sure these people will be happy knowing they made a statement. if you don't have any interest in the actual history then I suggest reading 'The Aquariums of Pyongyang'.

It sounds nice but I think most sensible people will realise that these promises are totally irresponsible - but when you have virtually no chance of taking power you can pretty much say what you want. I believe that those with no intention to vote and those who will vote for the LDP make up 80% of the electorate. We also don't know if they are 'better' then the LDP as they've never held power.

Edano is about as electable as Jeremy Corbyn in the UK was. Sadly - watch for the LDP to increase their seat count.

What a strange thread. Luddite IS wrong if what zichi says about her status in Japan is.

She can return now to Japan and with a UK vaccination certificate can quarantine at an address of her choice for 14 days (10 days if she pays for a test and release) and does not need to stay the first three days in a Quarantine Hotel. The correct links have been posted in the thread and I can confirm they are up to date.

But..What @Raw Beer. Please enlighten us.

Never had a problem getting a card - applied for my first one 6 months arriving here back in 1992 at the age of 20. That with with Citibank Japan at the time (now SMBC Trust). Amex a couple of years later for the Air Miles/Points and have had a few different Visa Cards after that for the same reasons.