Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises in Japan

Re:Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises in Japan by tkgally on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:30AM (#22334641)

I can second that. While more people are wearing masks than usual and Chinese tourists have nearly disappeared, things seem otherwise unchanged. I'm sitting in a cafe a few steps from the Hachiko Crossing in Shibuya right now—half past eight on Saturday evening—and it's full of cheerful, chatting people. But I'm sure most people are concerned about how things might play out in the days and weeks ahead.

Edit: Sunday --> Saturday

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Re:Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises in Japan by oxymoran on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:23AM (#22334823)

If it’s possibly being spread in the community and can take 14 days for symptoms to emerge, shouldn’t it be quite alarming that people are still congregating in public like nothing is wrong?

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Re:Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises in Japan by tkgally on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:45AM (#22334961)

I see your point. But we're exposed to many risks in this fragile, densely populated metropolis, including flu epidemics, traffic accidents, terrorism, typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis, that we could avoid by staying home or living elsewhere. Once we have made the decision to keep living here, I guess many of us also decide to go on with our lives as best we can.

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Re:Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises in Japan by rorykoehler on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:33AM (#22334874)

Has there been any concrete evidence of asymptomatic spread? Also from start I know most Pele fall in the 5 days range for showing symptoms. I think you'll find out much sooner if there is community spread. In Singapore they've done an amazing job at contact tracking and nearly all the cases are in distinct related clusters.

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Re:Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises in Japan by kalium_xyz on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:52AM (#22334716)

Im not noticing anything either, considering finding some way to ban corona virus from my feed but they keep changing the relevant terms to get trough.

Unrelated: You go to any meetups in tokyo?

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Re:Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises in Japan by maxerickson on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:46AM (#22334697)

It Saturday.

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Re:Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises in Japan by tkgally on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:48AM (#22334703)

Thank you for the correction!

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