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The Japanese effort to contain the virus correctly guessed that since the virus spreads quickly the best approach is to identify and contain clusters. This has

The Japanese effort to contain the virus correctly guessed that since the virus spreads quickly the best approach is to identify and contain clusters. This has made it possible to target their testing and tracking in a way that is highly effective. The not wearing shoes inside really needs to be called out as bunk on two levels. First of all, coronavirus is extremely weak and does not live at all outside of droplets. This means that fomites, that is the spread of infection through residues on surfaces is negligible. You need droplets or aerosol for an infection. Second, as a housecleaner I have found that the no shoes indoors rules leads to less floor cleaning and dirtier floors since the reality is still that gravity takes every crumb and speck down and walking around spreads all that. It is unpopular to say, but in my experience shoes allowed in the house results in cleaner floors because people understand that crud is always accumulating there rather than being in denial.

greggman3 6y ago
that doesn't match my experience at all. I've been in few houses/apartments in Japan with disgusting floors. I've been in plenty in the USA. You can see cleaning floors in Japan is part of the culture as it feature heavily in anime about real like since everyone shares in it as a well known cultural activity. Carpet is also unusual in Japan. Tatami are not uncommon but they are easy to clean where as carpet is not.
- m0llusk 6y ago
  My remark was not about floors in Japan. In Japan there are tatami mats and a cultural habit of putting away items not in use which is very different from the US where beds are often left out and unmade. In the US carpet is not only common but is often required for noise reduction. In this environment not wearing shoes is not enough to keep floors clean and it is common for people who do not wear shoes in the house to have filthy floors that take extra effort to clean. I have cleaned around ten thousand homes during my career as a cleaner. How many homes have you attended?

greggman3 6y ago

that doesn't match my experience at all. I've been in few houses/apartments in Japan with disgusting floors. I've been in plenty in the USA. You can see cleaning floors in Japan is part of the culture as it feature heavily in anime about real like since everyone shares in it as a well known cultural activity. Carpet is also unusual in Japan. Tatami are not uncommon but they are easy to clean where as carpet is not.

m0llusk 6y ago
My remark was not about floors in Japan. In Japan there are tatami mats and a cultural habit of putting away items not in use which is very different from the US where beds are often left out and unmade. In the US carpet is not only common but is often required for noise reduction. In this environment not wearing shoes is not enough to keep floors clean and it is common for people who do not wear shoes in the house to have filthy floors that take extra effort to clean. I have cleaned around ten thousand homes during my career as a cleaner. How many homes have you attended?