Japan: 193 new covid cases yesterday.
UK: 93,045 new covid cases yesterday.
Japan has nearly twice the UK's population, and a higher population density.
Massive covid outbreaks aren't a given - they're a policy choice.
UK: 93,045 new covid cases yesterday.
Japan has nearly twice the UK's population, and a higher population density.
Massive covid outbreaks aren't a given - they're a policy choice.
Japan
- Everyone wears masks everywhere. No fuss, no drama, they just do. And life goes on as normal.
- Very strict border control: citizens from 159 countries denied entry, pre-flight and arrival testing, hotel and at-home quarantines, mobile location tracking and reporting.
- Everyone wears masks everywhere. No fuss, no drama, they just do. And life goes on as normal.
- Very strict border control: citizens from 159 countries denied entry, pre-flight and arrival testing, hotel and at-home quarantines, mobile location tracking and reporting.
Japan began vaccinating in earnest much later than the UK. When they got started, they really cracked on with it. And now they're substantially ahead, and with far fewer people in need of urgent boosting. 
Does Japan conduct fewer tests than the UK does? Of course.
Is that the reason why they have fewer cases? Of course not.
Why? Because Japan performs many more tests *per detected positive case* than the UK does.
They simply have enormously fewer cases. Hence fewer tests a day.
Is that the reason why they have fewer cases? Of course not.
Why? Because Japan performs many more tests *per detected positive case* than the UK does.
They simply have enormously fewer cases. Hence fewer tests a day.
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