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NEWS: Japan Lifts COVID-19 State of Emergency Nationwide

And this won't end well...

ErikaD.D wrote:

And this won't end well...

Why? Aside the fact the virus didn't reach hospitals (likely, the real cause the death toll isn't very high - see also the report by Bloomberg), the ongoing research on the virus suggests that infectivity doesn't last as long as the news said (see for example: https://www.ams.edu.sg/view-pdf.aspx?file=media%5c5556_fi_331.pdf&ofile=Period+of+Infectivity+Position+Statement+(final)+23-5-20+(logos).pdf or the Nature article regarding a similar research done in Germany), that children and boys/girls aren't strongly susceptible to infection and to transmission (there is building evidence, for example the research done in Australia)....
Not to mention the better medical/pharmacological treatment (redemisvir, antiviral "cocktail", heparine, plus the ongoing trials for hyperimmune plasma, for example) due to the increasing knowledge about the virus and its mechanisms.
The need for a "strong" lockdown right now isn't really based off any real data (and no, the Imperial College model isn't totally reliable - it failed to predict what happened in Sweden).
There's need of vigilance of course.

Why? Aside the fact the virus didn't reach hospitals

Over 40 percent of the coronavirus-linked deaths in Osaka involve hospital infections, sources in the prefectural government told Jiji Press on Saturday.
A total of 35 COVID-19 patients have died at five medical institutions in Osaka.

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This is blatant misinformation. the infection length seems true, as does redemisvir, but everything else is bad data. Children DO spread the virus, and recent "Kawasaki-like" illnesses have been happening around the world because of COVID-19.

The media highlight of a possible rare new Kawasaki-like vasculitis that may or may not be due to SARS-CoV2 does not change the fact that severe COVID-19 is as rare as many other serious infection syndromes in children that do not cause schools to be closed. Individualised risk assessment and decision-making by clinicians should occur for those considered at exceptional risk (such as in immediately after bone marrow transplant) or where there are other older family members at significant risk.

Evidence is therefore emerging that children could be significantly less likely to become infected than adults.

Sweden is one of the worst in it's areas right now because of what they did. Tons of people are dying that should not have died.

Imperial College model WAS reliable. People just ignore what models are.

There WILL Be spikes in cases because of that. There WILL be more shut downs in the future if they don't end up closing large events.

Over 40 percent of the coronavirus-linked deaths in Osaka involve hospital infections, sources in the prefectural government told Jiji Press on Saturday.
A total of 35 COVID-19 patients have died at five medical institutions in Osaka.

What has Japan done right that the rest of the world hasn't? Because they declared State of Emergency much much later than every other country and they're now lifting it way earlier. What's happening...??
It might just be my paranoia, but I feel like it's too soon for some stuff like events and such.

What has Japan done right that the rest of the world hasn't?

Most of the deaths come from nursing care homes. Not from "normal" people. I personally feel that Sweden was extreme in the decision (and I don't agree with it), but closing off isn't the only option.
Italy had one of the strictest lockdown in Europe, and helped nothing (and the upcoming economic crisis will kill far more people than the virus). The virus got into hospitals and nursing care houses and that was the reason the death toll is so high.