Coronavirus continues constraining daily life in Tokyo, less at “lockdown” levels and more at “a million inconveniences incurred and natural rhythms forgone”, probably magnified at certain people/businesses/etc. It’s a holiday weekend. Shops at ~30% usual capacity (by eyeball).
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My wife spent the night price comparing options on taking a taxi cross country to get out of Tokyo and visit her mother for a few weeks, worried about the kids here. Cross country taxi not train or plane due to perceived infection risk.
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I do not share this risk assessment, but thought I’d offer anecdata for folks wondering where public mood is and wondering “Hey, why are we seeing economic impacts in advance of the virus rather than behind?”
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Another observation: Several apolitical people of my personal acquaintance have said variants of “As soon as it is safe to gather I’m joining the largest demonstration I can find. The government has *one job.* What is this clown show response?”
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My family was going to visit for hanami; reconsidering things now, but might cancel it.
@reustle built https://covid19japan.com/ for the foreigners who don't speak Japanese in here (disc: I gave a small hand). This is also scary:https://twitter.com/hikosaemon/status/1231135535088848896 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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