The Japanese do have a different reaction to being sick than we do, by having a higher social cohesion and homogeneity.
The Japanese wear masks as a matter of fact if they're 'feeling bad' to prevent it from spreading to their family/friends/coworkers, while we in America just pop a 'feel better pill' and go on with our lives to spread whatever we might have.
The Japanese are cleanfreaks and use hand sanitizers and wash hands quite a bit, while we in America statistically don't.
They also have bad blood with China, worse than we have, so they didn't fall for the 'Chinese-virus is racist' bullshit and jumped on isolating it like a starving dog on a well cooked steak.
I don't think its just that though I'm sure its a factor. Reports of over representation of covid19 by several sources in the states, already. I think the deaths in the US are wildly off.
Numerous scientific journals have already cited anti-malarial drugs such as hydroxychloroquine are less effective (that is, more prone to resistance) in communities where they have been over-used.
Not trying to counter-point you in a rude way, it's just that your argument, according to science, should be showing more cases, not less if these drugs have been used as freely as drugs like aspirin.
Not really. Between India and China you have a little barrier called the Himalayas. Additionally, they are major adversaries both in business and in border disputes. China's global ambitions aren't playing well in India and we are becoming beneficiaries of it.
We're overcounting, they're undercounting. Their cases shot up after they postponed the Olympics. They were obviously supressing numbers. That said they're the cleanest people, maybe on Earth, so them having less cases than us is not surprising.
But they have always been a clean people. That said, the Japanese population has been ravaged by epidemics such as cholera for centuries until their population was introduced to modern hygiene techniques during our occupation after WWII. Personal hygiene can only do so much without modern water ans sewage systems.
India isn't testing people. Look it up. You can't have confirmed cases if you're not testing them. We ramped up our testing 100 fold in the past two weeks, hence why things shot up. Plus in many low risk areas, the tests can take 7-15 days to process, so we're seeing people who got sick almost two weeks ago now get confirmed
Japenese people are also very nationalistic. They're just very protective of their culture, and are quite homogeneous as a nation. They have pretty strict immigration laws.
Plus Japan used some pretty draconian methods to slow the spread. Same with South Korea, where they literally doxxed people who were sick. Meanwhile my county won't even tell you the last 10 places the sick people were.
It all comes down to how things were handled. Like those asking about India, well they just aren't testing like we are. Nowhere close. Truth is things are probably not so good there, or they're still in the early phase of the spread
The Japanese do have a different reaction to being sick than we do, by having a higher social cohesion and homogeneity.
The Japanese wear masks as a matter of fact if they're 'feeling bad' to prevent it from spreading to their family/friends/coworkers, while we in America just pop a 'feel better pill' and go on with our lives to spread whatever we might have.
The Japanese are cleanfreaks and use hand sanitizers and wash hands quite a bit, while we in America statistically don't.
They also have bad blood with China, worse than we have, so they didn't fall for the 'Chinese-virus is racist' bullshit and jumped on isolating it like a starving dog on a well cooked steak.
Ok then explain India. More than a billion people. Only 273 deaths.
Literally everyone in India takes anti-malaria meds.
I don't think its just that though I'm sure its a factor. Reports of over representation of covid19 by several sources in the states, already. I think the deaths in the US are wildly off.
They are.
Trying to justify all the needless resources and taxpayer $$$ that have been wasted on this so-called emergency?
Numerous scientific journals have already cited anti-malarial drugs such as hydroxychloroquine are less effective (that is, more prone to resistance) in communities where they have been over-used.
Not trying to counter-point you in a rude way, it's just that your argument, according to science, should be showing more cases, not less if these drugs have been used as freely as drugs like aspirin.
I politely disagree. 'Less effective' does not mean 'makes it worse'.
You got the links/evidence?
Haven’t seen those yet, but just by case frequency that seems unusual.
That, I have no idea about. Considering their proximity to China, they should be overrun with cases but they aren't reporting those kind of numbers.
Not really. Between India and China you have a little barrier called the Himalayas. Additionally, they are major adversaries both in business and in border disputes. China's global ambitions aren't playing well in India and we are becoming beneficiaries of it.
wait...are you saying a big beautiful natural wall works????
Who would have thought? ??
Embarrassingly, I completely forgot about one of the largest mountain ranges in the world... oops?
We're overcounting, they're undercounting. Their cases shot up after they postponed the Olympics. They were obviously supressing numbers. That said they're the cleanest people, maybe on Earth, so them having less cases than us is not surprising.
That's probably correct, about the Olympics, as no government will tell the complete truth of the situation.
It's the tentacle sex keeping them healthy
But they have always been a clean people. That said, the Japanese population has been ravaged by epidemics such as cholera for centuries until their population was introduced to modern hygiene techniques during our occupation after WWII. Personal hygiene can only do so much without modern water ans sewage systems.
living in india must make anyone basically immune against everything
I also heard the virus is less active in hot areas. India is pretty hot, right?
Also, constantly breathing the fumes of shit-smeared streets might have boosted their immune systems over the years? Just a thought.
Or they just don't have massive over reporting of COVID deaths.
India isn't testing people. Look it up. You can't have confirmed cases if you're not testing them. We ramped up our testing 100 fold in the past two weeks, hence why things shot up. Plus in many low risk areas, the tests can take 7-15 days to process, so we're seeing people who got sick almost two weeks ago now get confirmed
So explain Japan then. They didn't even lock down their country.
Japenese people are also very nationalistic. They're just very protective of their culture, and are quite homogeneous as a nation. They have pretty strict immigration laws.
Plus Japan used some pretty draconian methods to slow the spread. Same with South Korea, where they literally doxxed people who were sick. Meanwhile my county won't even tell you the last 10 places the sick people were.
It all comes down to how things were handled. Like those asking about India, well they just aren't testing like we are. Nowhere close. Truth is things are probably not so good there, or they're still in the early phase of the spread
What about asymptomatic spread?