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I was just watching on NHK that the N501Y mutated strain in Japan is putting healthy 30-60 year olds in hospital care 66% more often. They are actively cancell
by elif 5y ago
I was just watching on NHK that the N501Y mutated strain in Japan is putting healthy 30-60 year olds in hospital care 66% more often.
They are actively cancelling Olympic training events and reducing paralympic events, and only 10% of Tokyo residents surveyed said they are happy the games are going to continue as planned.
- sharken 5y agoYes it doesn't look good for Japan which also have one of the oldest populations in the world. In Denmark the English B.1.1.7 variant needed about 3 weeks to become dominant, though it's a bit unclear which variant will become the dominant one in Japan. Some additional links https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-variants-swamp-India-and-Japan-hospitals-5-things-to-know https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-variants... https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/scientific-brief-emerging-variants.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-br... And a link that gives some insight as to why Japan have vaccinated so few. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/why-is-japan-failing-so-badly-vaccinations/%3foutputType=amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/opinions...
- andrekandre 5y agonon-amp link https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/why-is-japan-failing-so-badly-vaccinations/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/why-is-ja...