JAPAN SURVIVES CORONAVIRUS WITHOUT A LOCKDOWN AND LESS THAN 1000 DEATHS

Why so few Coronavirus deaths in Japan?

Japan is celebrating getting back to normal, although the country never went that far from normal anyway in its "struggle" against coronavirus. 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the end of the so-called "state of emergency" that started around six weeks ago. The truth is this was more a "state of mild concern" than a state of emergency.

As reported by Newsweek:

"I have decided to end the state of emergency across the nation," Abe said during a televised press conference on Monday. "In just over a month and a half, we almost brought (the infection) situation under control."

Abe cautioned that lifting the order did not mean that the novel virus was gone from Japan. "Our battle against the virus will continue," he said, while urging the Japanese people to continue following stringent social distancing guidance.

As of Monday (25th May), the East Asian nation had reported 16,628 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. Of those infected, 13,612 have already recovered and 851 have died. Tokyo, the nation's capital with 14 million residents, was the hardest-hit part of the country, with more than 5,100 cases. On Monday, the city reported just eight new infections.

Japan's so-called "emergency" measures required restaurants and shops to close slightly earlier than normal, while karaoke bars, music venues, gyms, and various nightlife and prostitution establishments were "encouraged" to voluntary shut down for a bit. 

Japanese people were definitely not forced to wear masks, keep their distance from each other, queue to enter supermarkets, bow to club-wielding police thugs, slavishly clap for medical workers, or followed around by Orwellian surveillance drones and then publicly shamed if they took a walk in the country. 

That was Britain, some other European states, and parts of America, all areas that ended up having much higher death tolls than Japan. 

What Japan did do was to use a little common sense and place controls on those entering the country, including quarantines and bans from certain countries. 

So, why did they get away with such a low death toll? The only possible explanation is that the vast majority of people in Japan are now Blade Runner-style androids.

The view from my window.

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