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The Japanese religiously follow the 3 C's (https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/3CS.pdf https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/3CS.pdf) which happens to be the major way the

• marcan_42 5y ago
  They actually started certifying venues for air exchange rate early on in the pandemic, there's hand sanitizer pretty much at every shop, everyone wears a mask, plexi panels and other barriers are common, people get told to check their body temperature and not attend events if >37.5, many places actually have thermal cameras or other measurement devices at the entrance, etc. Add the vaccination rate to all that and it's not hard to see how the R number dropped to <1 (and stayed there). Though we may be rebounding slightly in the last few days, so we'll see whether it's the start of a new wave or not. Whether we get a significant year end wave like we did last year will tell the story.
  • everybodyknows 5y ago
    > certifying venues for air exchange rate early on in the pandemic The wisdom of this as a public investment in health seems so obvious that I keep wondering why there's been no similar progress discernible here in the States, followed up with tighter HVAC requirements in building codes.
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