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Bellum_Romanum

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Everyone seems to be lamenting or excessively worries on China's ongoing battle against Covid-19 and keeps harping on the magic mRNA vaccines seem to ignore the data out there in the west (including the vassalized Japan, SK, Taiwan) showing exponential rise of cases = long term health damage = long covid.

See Japan for example:

 

Strangelove

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Don't go to Japan, BA.5 brought in by US troops no doubt...


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Japan hit by record virus resurgence, but curbs unlikely​


By WANG XU in Tokyo | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2022-07-22 09:38
Japan is seeing a coronavirus spike like never before with no end in sight, but the government is unlikely to reintroduce restriction measures this time.

On Thursday, Tokyo reported a new record for daily infections at 31,878, far exceeding the previous record of 21,562 in early February.

The country's nationwide tally also climbed to a new high of 186,229 on Thursday, with experts saying that it can be partly attributed to the spread of the Omicron subvariant BA.5.

Based on figures calculated by China Daily, there was an average of more than 100,000 infections reported in Japan daily in the past week, with new daily infections increasing by more than 250 percent compared to the average two weeks ago. Meanwhile, the number of deaths have increased by more than 100 percent.

As a result, 35 of Japan's 47 prefectures reported record case numbers, meaning that at least 1 in 12 residents in Japan have already been infected.

"Unfortunately, there is no indication yet of when the current wave of infections might peak. It's possible that the number of infections might end up double that of the previous wave," Omi Shigeru, Japan's top COVID-19 adviser, said.

However, as cases continue to climb, the Japanese government is not looking to reintroduce restrictions.

"We will do our utmost to support the healthcare system and prioritize protecting elderly people exposed to a higher risk of severe symptoms," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, adding that the central government will not impose movement restrictions for now.

At the same time, the medical system in Japan is struggling under the strain of loosening measures. Bed occupancy rates at Tokyo hospitals that have patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms had surpassed 30 percent a week ago.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike vowed to strengthen coordination with hospitals and medical workers.

The uncertainty posed by the latest COVID-19 surge is another blow to Japan's tourism industry, which only received 252 tourists in June.

June marked the third consecutive month following the easing of border control measures, but the Japan National Tourism Organization said preliminary data showed that only 252 among 120,400 foreign visitors who entered Japan in June were for tourism.

Koichi Wada, head of the Japan Tourism Agency, said on Wednesday that the nation was "still in the early days" of a tourism recovery and he "expected the number to increase from July onward".

However, a Nikkei report on tourism in Japan said the recent surge in infections has lowered those expectations.
 

BoraTas

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Everyone seems to be lamenting or excessively worries on China's ongoing battle against Covid-19 and keeps harping on the magic mRNA vaccines seem to ignore the data out there in the west (including the vassalized Japan, SK, Taiwan) showing exponential rise of cases = long term health damage = long covid.

See Japan for example:

Especially when you consider that a lot of Western govts stopped funding tests and vaccines, we probably have a disaster on the horizon. Monkeypox and Covid but with very low Covid vaccine efficacy.
 

KYli

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本土病例101例 new symptomatic cases (Guangxi 广西22例 and Gansu 甘肃24例 and Sichuan 四川34例 and Guangdong 广东11例 and Shanghai 上海3例)

本土579例 new asymptomatic cases (Guangxi 广西210例 and Gansu 甘肃284例 and Anhui 安徽3例 and Henan 河南13例 and Sichuan 四川11例 and Shanghai 上海15例 and Guangdong 广东13例)
 

Rettam Stacf

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There are a lot of debates on the merit of Zero Covid Policy versus Living with the Virus. Each has their pros and cons.

But one thing I do know is that since the initial Wuhan shutdown, there were numerous variants emerging from throughout the world, mostly in high population developing economies. But not single Variant of Interest or Variant of Concern, as defined by WHO, has emerged from China. Does that tell you something ?

Meanwhile, 3 of the 5 BRICS countries (Brazil - Beta, India - Delta, and S Africa - Gamma/Omicron) have devastating variants originated from them.
 
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Bellum_Romanum

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Especially when you consider that a lot of Western govts stopped funding tests and vaccines, we probably have a disaster on the horizon. Monkeypox and Covid but with very low Covid vaccine efficacy.
Which proves again IMHO that what the Chinese government has been doing are the correct approach in tackling this persistent virus, preventing further mutations from developing at least within China. Just imagine if China copied the western reckless system of just living with Covid-19 and then further mutations come from the country, do we honestly think that these same western critics would be sparing the government and country from blame?

Some folks here really do need to check their western b.s. centric-narrative, not to mention supposed rules that has yet to be shown to be working.
 

Yommie

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So why does covid-19 mutate while the common cold coronavirus do not mutate? Is there a reason for this? According to data, common cold coronavirus aren't particularly high despite high covid-19 strain.

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KYli

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本土病例98例 new symptomatic cases (Guangxi 广西32例 and Gansu 甘肃37例 and Sichuan 四川16例 and Guangdong 广东6例 and Shanghai 上4例)

本土770例 new asymptomatic cases (Guangxi 广西370例 and Gansu 甘肃306例 Henan 河南7例 and Sichuan 四川14例 and Shanghai 上海15例 and Guangdong 广东17例)
 
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