A story I would like to understand better is to what extent Japanese authorities have failed to fight the pandemic because of an idiosyncratic "chain of clusters" theory about how it spreads that discourages widespread testing.
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This theory holds that only certain people spread the disease aggressively, and so containment means identifying infection clusters, and finding these "seeds". I'm not qualified to comment on it, other than that it seems different from any other national approach I'm aware of
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One thing I find very interesting in the Japanese response is an emphasis on talking as a vector of disease spread. One way or another, at the end of this we're going to know a whole lot more about masks, aerosols and coronavirus
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I for one will be delighted if I can tell my kids authoritatively that staying safe depends on shutting up
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Remind them that coronavirus is not the only threat to their health. They can choose domestic silence or domestic violence
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