I think that the Japanese are in the habit of staying home when sick. And all Japanese have health insurance. Schools are closed. No juku (cram school), no club. Baseball and Sumo are being played without audiences. Japan is doing a good job with containment. And for those who got sick, Japan has done a good job keeping people alive. Japan has more hospital beds per person than most places.
See the graph at the link sent by my son Dave. Japan is not having the exponential increases seen in all the other countries. The suggestion is that most of the rest of the world will be like Italy shortly….
From George Washington University President: “I strongly encourage students who can go home for spring break to do so. After the break, beginning Monday, March 23, most GW classes will move online, and they will remain online through at least April 5. The university will remain open and operational during this period, and all faculty and staff should maintain their regular work schedules.“
Any student who wants to stay in the dorm will have to apply to do so. Others are expected to go home....
Mongolia closed down flights from China, Japan and Korea some time ago– but someone from Russia came, was asked to self-quarantine, did not do so, and has coronavirus.
There are 13 cases in Iowa where my son Dan lives – 12 of those in Iowa City where they live. In the rural district where he teaches, schools may close. Dan works with a feeding program that sends food home for the weekend for poor students. They are trying to figure out how to feed students if the schools close.
Quite honestly, I am glad to be in Japan! It is an overall clean and orderly place. You can now have your pizza or package delivered without any contact with a delivery person. We bought a centigrade thermometer today. The person who wrote out the characters to help me with the purchase supported a common belief that Japanese have different temperatures from Caucasians. Actually – they take the temperature in the armpit, we take it by mouth, and yes, those numbers are different.
There are very specific instructions about who should be cared for at home, and who should seek help. Regular people – 4 days of fever that is not helped by fever meds. Elderly or sick – 2 days.
And in other news from Japan, Greenpeace and other activist groups are concerned about radioactive hotspots that the Olympic torchbearers will have to pass through near Fukushima.
Mark Handley (@MarkJHandley)
Here's the coronavirus data, overlayed with the dates offset by the amounts shown. One of these countries is not like the rest. Everyone else will be Italy in 9-14 days time. pic.twitter.com/VESY54X1gP
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