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🧵: There's a lot in the timeline these days about the entry band by the Japanese government and the costs, both human and to scholarship. Without taking away from those stories, I want to highlight additional costs that I see based on my own background in the military. (1/)
First, let me say I feel heartbroken for the #MEXT scholars, the #JapanFoundation scholars, and anyone else whose research and, more importantly, LIFE have been turned upside down by this nonsensical and unscientific ban on foreign travel. (2/)
All scientific evidence shows this isn't how to prevent COVID entry. With proper vaccination, screening, and quarantine, entry should be fine. All this does is perpetuate a divide between Japanese and non-Japanese. The virus doesn't care about nationality. (3/)
