The real reason Japan avoided the ‘pandemic’
I HAVE lived and taught in Japan for 23 years, and have seen this discussed in many places but the real reason Japan seems almost immune to covid is always missed.
Contrary to claims made in a Guardian article, the health system here has never been strained. In the city I live in there are 200,000 people and a lot of hospitals. Of these, only one will accept covid patients, of which there has been none in 20 months. Zero.
People often ask “how did Japan seem to avoid the ‘pandemic’?” Look at the numbers - hardly any deaths. We had no lockdowns, hardly any disruption to life.
In March, the school year ended three weeks early and schools were shut. In April of this year schools were two weeks late opening for the new intake. That was it for school closures.
At certain times we have had a ‘State of Emergency’.