The mystery is not that there are no cases, but that there was no major blowup in cases, which Japanese epidemiologists were universally anticipating. A state of emergency was declared in Japan on April 16 in large part on the strength of these forecasts.
-
-
Show this thread
-
How many dogs have to not bark before people recognize there is something that needs explaining?
Show this thread -
If you have a "cultural" explanation for Japan, then explain how it applies to India or Nigeria or Vietnam
Show this thread -
For people pointing out that Japan is undertesting, that is true, but it is not a sufficient explanation for why we haven't seen mass casualties among medical staff or a breakdown of the hospital system in Tokyo. Both were anticipated and would be impossible to hide
Show this thread -
Read the variety of one-word responses to my original tweet, each delivered with 100% certainty, to see how overdetermined the failure of coronavirus was in Japan. It's amazing the poor virus even got a toehold, with all the factors working against it
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
No, this is the opposite!
End of conversation
-
-
-
likely bc of animal crossing
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Japanese social distance really hard
-
No, they do not.
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.