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SideburnSundays t1_j6ly0bd wrote

Reply to comment by cannonman58102 in Japan’s monthly COVID-19 deaths surpass 10,000 for 1st time by DoremusJessup

I’ve lived in Japan almost a decade. I’m referring to all the idiots (mostly expats) who keep dismissing the risks of covid that are still very much real.

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cannonman58102 t1_j6ly666 wrote

Yeah I get it. When I was last in Japan i would say maybe 30% of the time I saw someone without a mask they were a foreigner. The others are mostly the elderly who just don't care.

Given foreigners make up a tiny fraction of Japan's population, that 30% is significant. I'm in PH now and I would bet less than 25% of white people I see wear masks.

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lolpostslol t1_j6nrllk wrote

Kinda makes sense since foreigners are exposed to a global news cycle where COVID is now mostly an old topic, while Japan handled it differently and ended up with a bit of a delayed pandemic cycle

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