The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy

Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by ekianjo on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:33PM (#22724125)

Then it would be good to explain clearly why Japan is such a large outlier while Korea was not. And please no "they wear masks" and "they wash hands" bullshit, because there are no more masks in Japan for months now and hygiene is approximative at best - and apart form closed schools it's pretty much business as usual in Japan so there is virtually no reason why the virus would not run its course here as well.

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by ddevault on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:38PM (#22724143)

>Then it would be good to explain clearly why Japan is such a large outlier

I decline. It might be what coopsmgoops suggests, or it may be something else. I don't posess the facts and therefore I won't speculate on matters of public health.

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by mirimir on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:43PM (#22724176)

This might just be a transient anomaly, perhaps exacerbated by insufficient testing.

But if it's a real difference, the possibility of genetic resistance ought to be explored. It's not that it would likely make any practical difference. But it would at least be interesting, and one never knows.

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by m3kw9 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:41PM (#22724165)

Japanese ppl don’t like touching each other they don’t really shake hands socially but they bow when saying hello and good bye. That is not the main reason but things like this in a culture adds up. Japanese is also exceptionally clean

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by ekianjo on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:09PM (#22729142)

> Japanese ppl don’t like touching each other they don’t really shake hands socially but they bow when saying hello and good bye

Yet they stick to each other like sardines in a can when they take public transport every single day in Tokyo and Osaka - and we are talking about dozens of millions of people who transit every single day. That should be the primary mode of exposure especially since masks have completely run out in Japan for months.

So, unlikely to be a good explanation, sorry.

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by haltingproblem on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:38PM (#22724720)

I would appreciate if you can breakdown how cleanliness in Japan (say vs. the US) helps stop (propagate for the US) the spread of the Corona Virus. I have seen the Japan is exceptionally clean argument which is independent of the Japanese don't like to touch each other and are less touchy-feely as a culture (hugs, handshakes, etc. ) than Western countries.

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by Grue3 on Monday March 30, 2020 @05:20AM (#22726383)

Korea is also a large outlier. It would be even more of an outlier if not for megachurches which don't exist in Japan.

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