Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/18/japanese-street-interview-sho.html
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I was just reading that Japan has a low number of confirmed cases because they’re mandating hospital confinement for everyone who tests positive - so people aren’t getting tested if they can avoid it.
Which is to say: I’m guessing the Olympics are getting canceled for this year, anyways.
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Yes
Minimum eight characters? Really?
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would it be so hard to just make it 2021? keep everything else in place, seating, selected athletes, etc.
if things have to be adjusted then do that but 80% should be the same
I mean it’s a pandemic, if we aren’t going to treat this seriously (and honestly, no-one is) well we are all doomed for anything more serious like climate change.
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Japan also has a treatment they made for the flu that also works.
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Anybody who listens to Harry Shearer’s fantastic Le Show understands the Olympics should probably be cancelled forever.
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There are a few promising treatments popping up in various countries that could help Japan with the death rate in their elderly population; unfortunately that doesn’t change the reality of how much it may have spread, undetected. Hopefully the fact that Japan, with their elderly population and high-density living, normally acts in ways that help reduce the spread of viruses - e.g. good hand-washing hygiene, that even young people often wear face masks during cold and flu season, etc.
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This is what I came to say. Yes, the Olympics should be canceled, but not because of the coronavirus.
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Ugh. The IOC is the most corrupt bunch of fatcats around. None of them will be risking their pudgy necks.
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Its great to see that in a decently wide cross section of the population in Japan there are folks on both sides of the debate who can articulate intelligent responses to the question.
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