Japanese messaging. Top priority is correct masking. Keep it on while talking. No chin masking. Ensure gapless fit. Avoid speaking loudly in crowded, poorly ventilated spaces
The slogan in the lower third box that goes 「目指そうゼロ密!」 means "let's aim for zero transmission". It's a very #ZeroCOVID message. The majority (2/3) of the poster focuses on aerosol transmission
Actually, a more accurate translation is “let's aim for zero close contact”. Even more emphatic here. Eliminating the three forms of close contact: physical closeness, crowding, and closed spaces
There we have it, an English language version of the same poster. The 3 Cs: Close-contact settings, Crowded places, Closed spaces
Got asked by @jljcolorado for updates on the Japanese aerosol-mitigation information front. So, you will see a few of these posts this weekend (but I'm on-call for COVID today, so we'll see if I have time🤞)
And yet another variant of the same poster. Note how the emphasis is always on aerosol mitigation, with hand sanitisation playing second-fiddle in the messaging
Source website for the English language versions of the COVID information posters corona.go.jp/en/prevention/
Spanish language versions are also available (along with a host of other languages...see pull down menu at the top) corona.go.jp/es/
The Portugese version can be found here corona.go.jp/pt/
The Arabic versions can be found here corona.go.jp/ar/
The French versions are here corona.go.jp/fr/
Traditional Chinese versions are here corona.go.jp/zh-tw/
Simplified Chinese versions are here corona.go.jp/zh-cn/
Deutschsprachige Fassungen. Die Übersetzung ist nicht so einfach, wie bei Englisch, Französich oder Spanisch corona.go.jp/de/
Korean language versions corona.go.jp/ko/

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7 Jan
Apparently, we are at the “nobody saw it coming” stage of idiocy now. You not only saw it coming, you absolutely wanted it to be that way. You want tens of thousands mass infected and countless dead. All for the good of the “economy”
We have doggedly repeated the dire warning that letting it rip will destroy the economy rather than save it. The destruction wrought by uncontrolled contagion on consumer and business confidence will wreak the economy, not save it, let alone save lives
Letting rip with death and destruction does nothing beneficial for the economy. Controlled intervention accompanied by support packages is far more helpful. But neoliberal anti-interventional macroeconomic dogma has been allowed to dominate management
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6 Jan
The US Omicron wave is headed towards a record high peak case incidence. While mortality will be blunted by vaccination, it is still going to be a vast wave of death and mayhem. Australia: expect the largest mass death civilian event in our history. Death will be endemic
Scott Morrison is merrily riding his wave of death, which he has chosen to unleash upon Australia. This will be the entry wave for many more waves of death to follow (each proclaimed as milder) #DeathWave
ICU admissions rates are seeing well-nigh vertical rises—almost certainly superexponential—and look set to follow hospitalisations in riding the colossal wave of death #DeathWave
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Why our big COVID switch is foolish theage.com.au/national/why-o…
Omicron is “a very different disease and infection profile to previous variants”. Yes, in ways which make it more concerning given its higher viral load and tighter ACE2 binding is liable to engender severe disease in some situations eg in children
“So why these dramatic changes in policy? And are they safe?” At no point has “dramatic” evidence emerged that Omicron is Nature's gift of a perfectly safe attenuated live virus vaccine to be spread among the population as a free booster. That didn't work with smallpox either
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I had misgivings about this early speculation/hunch that the high Reff/Rt values with superexponential growth might suggest higher viral loads, leading to increased viral load in aerosols and transmissibility. But I might have got it right
Now, @Tuliodna is saying quite openly that Omicron is associated with elevated viral loads. This may explain the increased presentation in children (often with a rash not seen with Delta), suggesting MIS-C is probably going to be more common from Omicron cbsnews.com/news/transcrip…
If the viral loads from Omicron do surpass those from Delta, it would confirm that SARS2 is evolving towards becoming more contagious (higher R0), putting it more in line with other airborne viruses like chickenpox or measles
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10 Dec 21
Interpretation: the reason for the exponential surge in Omicron cases is due to breakthrough infections in those with prior vaxx/infection-induced immunity PLUS cases in those without previous immunity. But in breakthrough cases, some protection is retained, reducing severity
It is improbable that Omicron is any less severe in those lacking prior immunity. Just like Delta, Omicron will hunt down these immune naive individuals, producing surges large enough to overwhelm hospitals, then add to the burden by hitting those with prior immunity too
I can easily imagine that the vaccinated/previous infected cases will still progress to respiratory failure a bit more than they used to with Delta. But a significant proportion of them still won't progress and many will be able to be discharged to manage bed pressure
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There’s a lot of #Hopium being shared over #Omicron saying that because info is incomplete that therefore “it’s just a mild cold”, “viruses always become more harmless over time”, “let’s all get infected”. But we know more than many admit
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Omicron already exhibits mutations that were predicted to increase infectivity through enhanced binding to ACE2. There are *NO* known genetic features predictive of it turning into a cuddly live attenuated viral vaccine against COVID (the virology equivalent of Santa)
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