Here we go again? Tokyo Marathon organizers say they are happy to cancel if the govt asks one month out.

Taro wrote:

rojo wrote:

And they currently are rocking it in terms of Covid-19.

They're "rocking it" because they've been careful and taken commonsense measures like this.

Or…they are a healthy population less overweight than other countries, and don’t over test with something that has a high rate of known false positives.

Rojo Bob wrote:

rrrtty wrote:

Indeed

How many thousands of people died of Covid in Japan because of the Olympics? They have made their sacrifice. The average age in Japan is one of the highest in the world. A lot more people are at risk.

Peoples' lives are more important than sporting events. This is not how Rojo or the rest of the US rolls, however.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/japan/

Rojo wouid rather that people die just so a race can be run

Dang, so how do you feel about Boston, NY, and Chicago who all held their races this fall? Killers eh? Oh they didn’t end up being “super spreader” events? That’s weird.

You wont get an answer wrote:

Rojo Bob wrote:

Rojo wouid rather that people die just so a race can be run

Dang, so how do you feel about Boston, NY, and Chicago who all held their races this fall? Killers eh? Oh they didn’t end up being “super spreader” events? That’s weird.

Blood is on the hands of the organizers and anyone who participated.

(Kidding. In case it's not clear.)

You wont get an answer wrote:

Rojo Bob wrote:

Rojo wouid rather that people die just so a race can be run

Dang, so how do you feel about Boston, NY, and Chicago who all held their races this fall? Killers eh? Oh they didn’t end up being “super spreader” events? That’s weird.

You mean... before Omicron?

But even this fall, the US was averaging +1k deaths/day ~400k/yr pace. The collective behavior of the US with respect to the pandemic and the virus has been shameful, and all gatherings like these have directly contributed to excess death.

Supralapsarian wrote:

Taro wrote:

They're "rocking it" because they've been careful and taken commonsense measures like this.

Or…they are a healthy population less overweight than other countries, and don’t over test with something that has a high rate of known false positives.

And everyone wears a mask.

And 77% of the population has been vaccinated twice.

And everyone understands that they'll need to be vaccinated at least 3 times to defend against the omicron variant. And everyone understands that gathering in large groups is a bad idea, especially indoors.

Covid deaths in the U.S.: 809,300

Covid deaths in Japan: 18,386

So, no, we residents of Japan don't need any public health advice from American sweatheads.

バカ野郎

carmine9 wrote:

The Japanese culture seems to be one of obedience and conformity.

America has been acting in a similar manner these past two years

In other words, Japanese have a sense of social responsibility, while too many Americans don't.

Hence,

Covid deaths in the U.S.: 809,300

Covid deaths in Japan: 18,386

Americans,generally,are fat,red neck,inbred idiots,Japanese aren't.

What a statement. All gatherings like these (outdoors) directly contributed…

Prove it. Correlation is not causation as they say.