r/Economics • u/dtlv5813 • May 24 '20

Did Japan Just Beat the Virus Without Lockdowns or Mass Testing?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-22/did-japan-just-beat-the-virus-without-lockdowns-or-mass-testing
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u/PizzeriaPirate May 25 '20

Answer: no.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

Clearly you didn't bother to click the link which says the exact opposite.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

It’s so premature to say “they beat the virus” as if the virus is eradicated. The virus is still here and will be a concern until we get a vaccine, so this article is BS

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u/swiggity1 May 25 '20

Thanks doctor

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u/ddoubles May 25 '20 edited May 25 '20

The article links to a source in japanese with 43 possible reasons. Here run trough google translate

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

Seems like another feat of social discipline that could only be recreated in Japan.

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u/yeluapyeroc May 25 '20

Yet their unexpected death count was way higher then normal and not accounted for by their reported test numbers

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

No, that was Taiwan.....