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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by xenospn on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:31PM (#22649212)
Counter point: My Japanese friends have been and still are going out to bars every night like nothing happened.
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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by foota on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:34PM (#22649251)
Maybe this shows the relative importance of different measures?

Not saying that we elsewhere should go out to bars, since we're thoroughly lacking in the other parts.

Edit: downthread people suggest a lack of testing, probably a better explanation.

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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by kamikaz1k on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:36PM (#22649271)
I have heard the same from a Japanese friend, not in a major city either. Seems even families are going about normally with their children, to McDonald's and such.
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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by SpicyLemonZest on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:20PM (#22649693)
What they're not doing is sending their children to school. Maybe that intervention alone is enough to suppress it.
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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by chrischen on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:51PM (#22649967)
I heard that because school is out the young people just went out instead.
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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by tagrun on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:21PM (#22649707)
The real difference lies in the responsible community surrounding you which doesn't behave like nothing happened.
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Re:Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? by luspr on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:35PM (#22649263)
Why shouldn't they? There are probably no cases in the community.
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