How did Japan, with much older demographics than the US, and higher density of people, have 7 deaths per million compared to >300 deaths per million for the US?
And only 133 cases/million vs 5385/million?
an update
And only 133 cases/million vs 5385/million?
an update
#ClusterBusting is a big factor. Anticipating the 80/20 Pareto principle.
Japan's "Patient Cluster Countermeasure Group" diligently traced all 61 cluster and superspreader events wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
see also @kakape's excellent thread
Japan's "Patient Cluster Countermeasure Group" diligently traced all 61 cluster and superspreader events wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
see also @kakape's excellent thread
Behavior and culture is another important factor, as assessed in this new paper. Better adherence to mitigation measures than the US.
journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @PLOSOne
journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @PLOSOne
Previous points reviewed 3C's, giving out 50 M😷to households. No lockdown. Less than 4% testing of US. Japan's real leadership, national coordination, communication led to far better performance than expected by demographics, density and vs the US
