Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:39AM
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The Japanese response has actually been pretty lackluster and haphazard. I'm rather surprised rates there have not been exploding the way they did in Korea, Iran and Italy.
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by protein_lense on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:17AM
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A colleague and myself were pondering this today. He mentioned the 'bow', and general cultural aversion to physical contact. I found that interesting and plausible to consider.
Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by sobani on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:15AM
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And wearing a mask when you have the sniffles was already very common in Japan.
Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by teambayleaf on Thursday March 12, 2020 @09:13AM
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The Japanese response was not so bad when viewed in hindsight.
In comparison, Korea's response was disastrously wrong. Their "Let's test everyone" policy sent lots of people into medical limbo ("We can’t let you go because you're COVID-19 positive ... but meanwhile we have particularly nothing to do for you because you're not that ill") and got their hospitals flooded with mild cases.