We're nearing the point where, if Japan is intentionally undercounting coronavirus numbers by limiting testing (as many here suspect), that will become impossible to hide from the public https://twitter.com/HirokoTabuchi/status/1239726829033918468 …
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It's hard to reconcile things like "coronavirus spreading at music clubs in Osaka" with the official very low infection and sickness rateshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-music/japans-live-music-clubs-emerge-as-new-coronavirus-transmission-sites-idUSKBN20X0WU …
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Why is this hard to reconcile? They found absolutely loads of cases from that one venue, and if there's one thing they seem to be testing it's people with contact with a known cluster like that. [1/2]
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Yeah, whenever they look they find a lot of cases! But the fact that there is community spread means the testing strategy (treating these as 'clusters') is completely inadequate
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