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Japan’s Inaction Against Covid-19 Will Turn Into a Slaughter
No, Japan is not succeeding in its control of Covid-19
Japan was one of the first countries outside of China to be touched by the novel coronavirus. The world turned toward Japan and many complaints were done about the handling of the Diamond Cruise ship in Yokohama. However, everybody stopped looking at Japan after this episode. The virus appeared controlled.
I wasn’t so sure about this and considered going back to France in order to avoid the spread here. In the end, I couldn’t. Looking at the sudden quick spread and lockdown in France, I ended up considering I had been lucky to have gotten stuck here.
Like many, I underestimated the virus. After a while, I started believing everybody saying “Japan is safe”. The lack of human contact, the common use of masks, or the cleanliness of common areas seemed like good reasons to explain the low number.
But that wasn’t it.
Japan has not been testing much and the morning trains were as packed as ever. In Tokyo, a city of more than 30 million inhabitants, people were living their lives as if nothing was happening. I was too. Yet, how could you expect a virus not to spread in a city where there are areas with more than 22,500 people per square kilometer and an…
