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 family is skipping hanami season (cherry blossom watching parties), which a) rounds to unthinkable and b) appears to be majority decision among other moms at school, since parks are high-density and (people are quieter about this factor) filled with foreign tourists.
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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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It goes something along lines of “In event of a pandemic, would I prefer to be dealing with it from a well-stocked permanent home next to best medical facilities in Japan or from temporary housing while straining family to cover us?” and “Estimate of 100k+ cases in Japan: 10%”
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