Brit in Japan. 日本に住んでるイギリス人
Blogging about Covid in Japan at https://t.co/LP1Uxz2XB1
Jul 16, 2022 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
Japan has reported its highest number of daily cases. So what is the government proposing to tackle this? Two things: more jabs & more tests. 🧵 www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne…
One problem with jabbing into a wave is that vaccine effectiveness in the first two weeks is, er, less than 95% according to the government’s own data. guygin.substack.com/p/wait-two-wee…
May 13, 2022 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
🧵The Japanese govt semi-admits its data crimes. Below is an age (歳) breakdown of cases per 100k unvaxed (未接種), 2-vaxed (2回接種済み), & 3-vaxed (3回接種済み) during 4-10 Apr. See how much higher the unvaxed rates are? 1/4
But this is the data for 25 Apr-1 May. Now the unvaxed have case rates similar to or than the 2-vaxed in various age groups. So how did the unvaxed become so much less disease-ridden in just 2 weeks🤔?
May 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
In case you see people sharing this article, be aware that the researcher (Hiroshi Nishiura) is the Japanese Neil Ferguson with a long track-record of being ridiculously wrong. For details, see this profile. guygin.substack.com/p/japans-top-m…
Nishiura is most famous in Japan for predicting that if the government did nothing in spring 2020, 850,000 people would need mechanical ventilation and 420,000 of them would die.
May 6, 2022 • 32 tweets • 12 min read
Despite finding “higher policy stringency was associated with higher mean psychological distress scores and lower life evaluations”, a recent study in The Lancet wrongly insists its results support Covid elimination strategies. thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
The authors categorise 15 countries as pursuing either a mitigation (“countries that aimed to control SARS-CoV-2 transmission”) or elimination strategy (“countries that aimed to eliminate community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within their borders”)...