How come Japan doesn't do coronavirus tests? I keep hearing something about the Olympics. Can someone explain?

How come Japan doesn't do coronavirus tests? I keep hearing something about the Olympics. Can someone explain?

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reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1vzosa/ive_never_seen_anyone_i_work_with_wash_their/
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Their excuse is that they all wear face masks

because it's just a flu

because the govt actually can make it up cause we have yet to have a big outbreak somehow. also too many retards are terrified of "medical collapse".

Can someone explain to me the point of totally going panic and stopping economical activity only over boomer removing flu??

They have about the same test rate as us
and we keep the test low mainly to protect about tourism and prevent medical overcapacity
Probably the same reason for them cause Olympics gonna bring in a lot of money

if they don't test, they can't have a high amount of confirmed cases
if they don't have a high amount of confirmed cases, the olympics might not get cancelled (or so they desperately want to believe)

Wuflu is actually weaker than Japanese cold, Japanese immune system folded many times, giving superior strength.

To Japan's credit, their infection rate sits at just 9 people per million, which means they are testing at around 12x the infection rate.

It's probably fair to say this provides enough confidence that Japan's infection rate is indeed low, and that additional testing isn't an effective use of money.

There will always those who want to err on the safe side and will say additional testing is warranted. For example, Canada is currently testing at around 35x the confirmed infection rate.

Sweden, by comparison, has a number of tests similar to Canada, but a much higher infection rate, so Sweden is only testing at 7x the infection rate, less than Japan.

So, in short, these numbers don't tell the entire story.

Don't all Asians? Chinese and South Korean wear them whenever they go out. Even if they just have a cold.

there has been no spike in flu or pneumonia related death, nor have we had a flood of pneumonia patients that cripples healthcare, which is seen in the countries hit hard by this. you can't conceal these things in a country like japan. no matter how hard you try, its comes out through the media and the internet, not to mention lots of foreigners living in japan as well.

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>too many retards are terrified of "medical collapse".
Isn't that a good thing, people are less likely to panic and put pressure on the hospital system then, like they are doing here.

From what I can see from news sources and even from Abe-hating immigrant blogs, the Japanese hospital is not collapsing like it is in the West. So either there is no large outbreak, or people are staying at home and quietly recovering as if it were a flu.

Based Japan not crippling the economy for a bunch of corpses.

because it makes no sense anymore to detect mild infected people through mass medical tests, which require precious humane resources.

it is more practical to concentrate on patients in grave situation.

WHO says unlucky young ones get affected too

this

europe has large black plague trauma

I agree, why stop the economy for a bunch of weaklings.

It's a discipline problem. Even if it doesn't kill you, some of the symptoms can be fairly severe and prevent you from working. It is also more contagious than a flu, therefore has the potential to take more people out of work.

The right thing to do, for the economy, is to not shut things down, and the people who get sick self quarantine. It has been shown that transmission risk is very low if one is not showing symptoms, so this should be possible.

Unfortunately, westerners are stupid. They'd much rather think of themselves and keep working for money or going out to party if they are only showing mild symptoms, infecting everyone else.

So the only recourse is the government shutting everything down and forcing people to stay home.

I dunno about the typical Nip immune system but these people eat eggs raw like it's no big deal.

There's a viral video going around here where an italian guy shows how chill Japan looks these days and claims it's all thanks to a miraculous medicine called "Avigan" that has been used against coronaviruses for years in Japan and he basically implies there's something fishy about the fact that the rest of the world ignores the medicine while every japanese is supposedly getting it

Personally when i looked it up online it seems the drug has been basically only recommended by the chinese and that even japan uses it sparingly as alternative treatment, but the video got big enough that the governor of Veneto officially requested to experiment with the medicine, which according to the experts has basically never been properly researched with peer review and all (the reason why it's for now prohibited in the west). Supposedly they'll decide for a course of action today

Eating raw eggs is really not big deal

These times be golden times for conartists and scammers. People always want an easy solution out of hardship.

like here, salmonella is virtually eliminated from eggs in japan

>this drug may have some side effects, better let you die
T. Western cunts

>To Japan's credit, their infection rate sits at just 9 people per million, which means they are testing at around 12x the infection rate.
lmao, how do you know their true infection rate if they don't test?

Japan not testing does not mean that much

It means that our number (deaths) might be off by a factor of 2 or 3, even 5

But remember that virus growth is exponential

And I don't think a factor of 10, 100 could be hidden.

Therefore, the virus is honestly not that bad in Japan.

Allmost all Japanese doctors diagnose pneumonia patients not only by their chief complaint but also by auscultation, blood tests, X-ray, CT, and so on as your doctors usually do in your country.
PCRtesting only with chief complaint and fever will make test number increased but it makes positive predictive value of PCR decreased.
They think keeping positive predictive value high and treating patients having severe symptoms is the most important in this phase now, and I agree.

東京+15

検査15
陽性15

yep, japan's overall great medical infrastructure allows us to pinpoint the infected with fewer tests.

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don't reply to panic westerners
just let them go home

>animales actually defending their government not testing people
lmao

enjoy your pandemic lmao

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Almost every country is doing this. However, some countries (like Japan) refuse to carry out the proper test to diagnose COVID-19.
see e.g. headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20200318-00000096-jij-pol
it can be argued whether this is done to keep the numbers low or for some other reason, but Japan is definitely not doing a great job with the testing.

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Hospitals aren't overflowing.
Japanese people and streets are actually clean, hand-washing and social distancing is literally the norm there, and people can afford to stay home if they need to. It's not surprising that they have a much less severe outbreak even with Abe's retarded plan and with Japanese people mostly ignoring it.

>same for the US, the UK, Sweden, etc
they only test limited people who have symptoms and about to be hospitalized
Italy (and S.Korea) made hospitals/clinics into infection hubs

I bet Jap coronavirus patients are shamed by their own nurses and doctors for contracting the disease and bringing shame and dishonor to their famiry and Japan.

>hand-washing and social distancing is literally the norm there
lmao

Always solve problems with a magic pill (or whatever form that drug is) even if they come up with a vaccine I'm not putting that vile shit in my body.

>social distancing is literally the norm there
yeah cramming on trains where you can barely move and being in highly dense cities like tokyo is definitely social distancing.
Retard.
Also where isn't hand washing the norm?

In UK anything related to washing is not the norm.
You anglos are some of the filthiest people I've ever seen.

eating raw eggs is fine lmao

>let me tell you about Japan
t. weaboo

yawn
we are laid back
seeth more, 3rd worlders

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btw only 40 of japs use soap
soranews24.com/2016/07/12/survey-reveals-disturbing-statistics-about-if-japanese-people-wash-hands-after-going-to-bathroom/

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I know you've never seen CT images of Covid-19 nor understood what the positive predictive value of PCR exactly is, huh?
Now Japanese gov tells every prefecture to test every pneumonia patient who should be admitted to hospitals.

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That shit is probably click bait or marketing. Also that news outlet is a literal trash site. It's literally 2ch news.

even gaijin monkeys are disgusted by your behaviour
reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1vzosa/ive_never_seen_anyone_i_work_with_wash_their/

theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/how-often-people-in-various-countries-shower/385470/
>UK less than 6 showers per week
fucking gross

For Olympic money, that’s all what corrupt government and rich cocksuckers care about. No tests, no virus.

That sub is full of Anglo progressive weebs who are very America centeric and "reactionary" against Japan. You can have conformation biases all you want on the internet but its nowhere near the reality.

stupid faggot rich arabs hoarding the test kits even though they barely have it

englands colder than spain, it makes sense
are you saying brazil in the cleanest country?

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The data says that, not me.

but why do public toilets in japan often not have soap available?

but as you can see there is definitely a correlation between temperature and amount of showers. Brazilians, Colombians, middle easterners and aussies. Aussies are culturally very similar to us but have well above average amount of showers, and thats due to the climate

You should come here and check them then. Public toilets are rare in the first place cause every store around you like combini has a toilet and you can use it for free 24/7 whenever you want.

>cause every store around you like combini has a toilet
thats what i meant by public toilets

>you can use it for free 24/7 whenever you want.
same here, although it might be different in london in some tourist areas, im not sure i havent been to london in a long time

Even if Japan makes PCR test numbers increased, the positive Covid-19 rate is still low. It means this strategy is suitable to keep the positive predictive value high and the negative predictive value low in order to find out the patients having SARS-CoV-2 precisely in Japanese case.
Otherwise, In countries where the positive Covid-19 rate is higher, they should test more as they do.

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Governor of Tokyo said she might consider lockdown of Tokyo if situation gets worse. Is it that bad?